South East Asia

Pakistan: Brutality Fuels Insurgency In Balochistan – Analysis

On April 17, 2025, the dead body of ‘forcibly disappeared’ Baloch youth, Sher Khan Nazar, a resident of Pasni, was recovered in the Turbat District of Balochistan. The victim had been forcibly disappeared from the Jusak area of Turbat on April 15. On April 16, 2025, the tortured body of …

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India: End Of The Road For Naxalism – Analysis

On April 15, 2025, two wanted cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), carrying a collective bounty of INR 1.3 million, were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in the forest of the Kilam-Bargum villages of Kondagaon District in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. The killed Maoists …

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In trade war with the US, China holds a lot more cards than Trump may think − in fact, it might have a winning hand

When Donald Trump pulled back on his plan to impose eye-watering tariffs on trading partners across the world, there was one key exception: China. While the rest of the world would be given a 90-day reprieve on additional duties beyond the new 10% tariffs on all U.S. trade partners, China …

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Est-ce que le «piège de Thucydide» explique les tarifs douaniers sauvages à la Chine

Derrière l’imposition par Trump de tarifs douaniers drastiques à la Chine, il y aurait une peur sous-jacente chez l’actuel hégémon économique d’être dépassé par le géant chinois au cours de la prochaine décennie, ce que l’on appelle le «piège de Thucydide». La lutte entre l’hégémon et la puissance émergente L’expression …

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Russie-Chine : des relations au plus haut niveau stratégique

Moscou et Beijing poursuivent le travail conjoint dans le cadre du partenariat hautement stratégique qui lie les deux nations et puissances mondiales de premier rang. Comme à l’habitude des relations sino-russes contemporaines, indépendamment de la conjoncture internationale et des gesticulations d’une évidente minorité planétaire. Les relations Chine-Russie rendent extrêmement nerveux …

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La Chine tente de remodeler les chaînes d’approvisionnement mondiales

La Chine utilise la «diplomatie industrielle» et les contrôles technologiques pour créer de nouveaux réseaux de production mondiaux favorables à la Chine, centrés autour de la Chine, c’est-à-dire qu’elle ferait exactement ce que le colonialisme et l’impérialisme a fait depuis des siècles et qui se heurterait à plus retors que …

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About $80 billion worth of US military equipment abandoned in Afghanistan: Vance

US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that Joe Biden administration left about $80 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan, which was a “catastrophic error.” Vance made the remarks during a visit to a military base in Greenland. He also said the Biden administration’s “catastrophic error” led to …

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Pakistan: Where Army Wields Power Sans Accountability – OpEd

He may have said it out of conviction or perhaps to please Rawalpindi. But by demanding that former army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa “must be questioned about why he resettled these [Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP] militants,” Pakistan Defence Minister Khwaja Asif could well have unwittingly annoyed the top brass …

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The Taliban’s House Of Cards: A Regime Riven By Factionalism And Failures – OpEd

When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the world watched with bated breath. Would this radical regime, after two decades of insurgency, succeed in transforming itself from a militant force to a functioning government? The answer is becoming increasingly clear: the Taliban’s fragile grip on power is …

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Artificial Intelligence And Strategic Transformation In The Indo-Pacific: Economic, Security, And Governance Implications – Analysis

The Indo-Pacific, a vast and geopolitically significant region stretching from the east coast of Africa to the Pacific Islands, has emerged as a focal point of global technological evolution. At the heart of this transformation lies artificial intelligence (AI), a disruptive force reshaping economic, security, and strategic dynamics. As countries …

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