August 15th 2021 marks an important day in the history of the United States and Afghanistan. It took four US Presidents, over 3000 American soldiers’ casualties, around 45000 Afghan Civilian deaths and trillions of Dollars for Washington to realize its failure. After 20 years, the American Government has managed to replace the Taliban with an…
From the old Great Game to the new, Afghanistan is once again at the helm of a bloody crisis. Decades of warfare, interference, divisions and political maneuvering has obliterated the fabric of progress, culture and development in the Afghan lands. As a background check, it all started with the British and the Russian Empires going…
Around February, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) gave the green light to the use of Sinopharm as an emergency vaccine manufactured by Chinese Pharmaceutical companies. Even before this approval, the Chinese Government had initiated its supply and donations of Covid vaccines, masks and kits to so called “friendly” nations, but it is clear that…
The current covid-19 pandemic around the world is one of the most challenging events for all of humanity. The death-toll and the crisis in terms of economy, livelihood, health and social isolation is greater than that of the Second World War. After the defeat of Germany, the World War became the center of inspiration for…
As the end of April approaches, cracks in the global effort to fight covid-19 pandemic have begun to emerge. Similar to other policy areas, corona virus pandemic has become a case of capitalist/elitist agenda. Rich nations are actively engaging in “Vaccine Nationalism” or simply “me first” rule. Without diving into statistics and elaborate charts, one…
One of the key areas where China is being challenged by the International community, the United Nations and regional countries is the South China Sea Dispute. The legacy of the matter goes back to the Second World War when Imperial Japan captured the South China territories including the famous Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands and other…
President Joe Biden has ushered in a fresh start for American politics. Only after a few weeks in the White House Biden is surrounded by challenges but his greatest task is dealing with a progressive China on all fronts. China is breaking all records of development and dominance and in less than 40 years China…
In December 2020, the 5th Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Gwadar, which includes representatives of multiple Ministries from Pakistan and their counterparts in the Chinese Government, reviewed the progress of up-gradation of Gwadar and showed satisfaction over the pace of projects. Gwadar, even though challenges still remain, remains a point of mighty potential…
China is altering the course of history. The year 2020 has drawn stark differences between the Western developed nations and the Chinese model of progress. Dominance is on the wind for the people of China. Scholars and researchers have focused only on the communist policies of China and the size of its population but the…
On September 11th, 2020 Donald Trump announced another breakthrough in his diplomatic stance of supporting Israel. Bahrain’s King Hamad formally recognized Israel and established diplomatic relations in a ceremony in the White House. Netanyahu posed as the victor and Trump gave clues that possibly nine other nations would join the regime of normalizing ties with…
