Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) and South Asian Politics

The South Asian regional politics cannot be separated from the influences of extra-regional powers because the protracted Pakistan-India conflict attracts great power politics towards the nuclearized subcontinent. The hostility between Islamabad and New Delhi provides sufficient space to great powers in the regional South Asian political order and permits the great powers to be involved…

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The Pandemic and the Global Economy

While the global economy was already facing uncertainty due to the US-China trade wars since 2018, Covid-19 pandemic has also inflicted unprecedented economic shocks. No country is immune from the economic effects of the virus, at least not until the pandemic has been controlled universally. In April, the IMF predicted the global economy would shrink…

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Biden’s Strategic Dilemma: Damage Reduction Versus Damage Control

President-Elect Joseph Robinette Biden Jr’s strategic dilemma would be whether to embark upon a fast track bold damage reduction trajectory or take a cautious damage control route. The thought of Donald Trump getting more votes than all previous presidents of the US will, at least, keep pricking Biden’s continence. America’s 2020 Presidential Election has reinforced…

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