Int’l Affairs

Contemporary world is fraught with perpetuated violence and killings to undermine the sustainability of mankind’s future. Complex societal conflicts need rational and flexible strategies using men of new ideas, diplomacy and peaceful means to conflict management. War is not a prelude to peacemaking. The sadistic warriors are using obsessive power to victimize the global humanity. Tim Roemer in his article …

South Asia hosts eight Saarc states namely Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan. The region comprises most ancient cultures in the world, housing over a fifth of population. South Asia holds a significant strategic importance because of its geography (warm water access and numerous resources) and strategic location. The region became more significant after India and …

The basic feature of US foreign policy during the Cold War was inclusiveness — a willingness to embrace any country that opposed communism, whatever its type of government. The US contested the Soviet system and held the line militarily, and its consistent and comprehensive approach eventually led to the Soviet Union’s implosion. After the Cold War, came the “war on …

Since the withdrawal of Nato and Isaf forces from the war-torn Afghanistan is in the offing, and the country is entering into yet another transformative period, a grand international conference, the London Conference on Afghanistan, where the world met to discuss how to help tackle Afghanistan’s many problems, was held in London on December 4, 2014. The Conference was jointly …

President Obama surprised many recently when he diagnosed the crisis gripping Iraq as partly an economic one, noting that Iraqi Sunnis were “detached from the global economy” and thus frustrated in achieving their aspirations. While Iraq’s chaos has many sources, Mr Obama is nevertheless on to something; and it’s not just Iraqi Sunnis, but the entire Middle East that is …

The global economy in 2013 remained suspended between the poles of hope and uncertainty. While recovery gained momentum, particularly in some advanced economies, the world economy is not yet flying on all engines — and is likely to remain underpowered this year as well.

The genesis of the ongoing Afghan crisis is rooted in the chaos and conflict that engulfed this unfortunate country in the aftermath of the Soviet Afghan war.

News one way or the other keep pouring in just to add insult to our injuries. On December 12, just days before the Fall of Dhaka anniversary, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh leader and a pro-Pakistan politician Abdul Quader Molla was hanged. Bangladeshi government accused Mollah of atrocities during the country’s independence war. He had been found guilty in February by a much-criticised, …

For over three decades, Iran and the US have been blood enemies. Their hatred, like the hatred between the Palestinians and the Israelis, has framed the Middle East’s alliances and fuelled terror and war. Though the interim deal over Iran’s nuclear programme has not undone that, yet it offers a glimpse of a different, better Middle East. This deal can …

The year 2014 is likely to unfold yet another testing time for Afghanistan. The withdrawal of US forces from the country would end a 12-year-long US garrison in Afghanistan.