What in the World just Happened to Russia’s Syria Strategy? Part-I
As the cliched saying goes, “there are no permanent allies, just permanent interests in politics”, and this wise adage appears…
Explaining Russia’s S-400 Sale To India
Russia and India made a huge joint announcement on the sidelines of the recent BRICS Summit in Goa, declaring that…
What in the World just Happened to Russia’s Syria Strategy? Part-II
(Please read Part I prior to this article) http://regionalrapport.com/2017/01/28/world-just-happened-russias-syria-strategy-part/ Decoding The Kremlin’s Signals The sudden shift in Russia’s Syrian policy,…
Changing Algorithm and Hybrid Warfare
In the post-truth contemporary world, lies become the truth. Lies are often designed to sound truthful with more dignified terms…
China in the Middle East
By defining Chinese characteristics as “seeking common ground while reserving differences,” a formula that implies conflict management rather than conflict…
The Coming Demographic Winter
This article will discuss the coming demographic winter which can cause a tremendous threat to industrial civilization. I will explain…
Bangladesh- CHT Accord
On December 11, 2020, Amnesty International called on the government of Bangladesh to fully implement the human rights provisions of…
Pakistan: Deterrence and Non-Traditional Security
The term security was considered to be physical security protecting the state and its territorial integrity from external and internal…
US-Turkey Diplomatic Bust-Up
A few days back, Turkish forces found thirteen citizens including military and police personnel dead in a cave complex located…
Following the Sansi Tribe’s Footsteps
After crossing those narrow streets, I and my friend Mir Hassan Mari finally reached the Muhalla of the Sansi tribe…
Indian Farmers’ Protests: Causes and Effects
Farmers in the Indian capital New Delhi are protesting against new agricultural reforms of Modi led Indian government rejecting four main…
France Failing to Uphold Human Rights
France has recently hit the front pages of newspapers across the world, but for reasons that are unexpected from such…
British Strategy in the South China Sea
China’s relations with the United Kingdom has been a strained one in the recent past as both states have involved…
Democratization: Europe vs Africa!
Since World War II democracy has gained widespread acceptance. If we see Africa in the 20th and 21st century, the…
Security Dimensions of Climate Change
Over the past three decades, the primary paradigm of security discourse has been an extraordinary focus on “non-traditional security threats”.…
Socialist Perspective of Globalization
The story of globalization is told by Western scholars as globalization is the result of capitalist West's victory over the…
UAE-Israel Peace Agreement
The peace agreement signed August 13 between the United Arab Emirates and Israel is a transformational event, in a region…
Maximum Pressure, Utmost Resistance
The story of JCPOA (the joint comprehensive plan of action) is a well known diplomatic experience that according to many…
Iran Denounces US Sanctions
What we in Iran–the target of a vicious and indiscriminate sanctions regime—have seen from the current U.S. administration is quite…
China-US Relations: Beijing’s Perspective
The relations between China and the United States are among the most important bilateral relationships in the world. To safeguard…
Putin, Orthodoxy and Liberal West
Putinist strategies in strengthening ties with the church and inculcating the church values denote his anathema to the liberal values…
Civic-Ethnic Nationalism in a Populist World
The contemporary structural shifts in the modern world have given rise to anti-system politics which cut across left-right divisions. This…
Pakistan-Iran Space Cooperation?
Although the Space Agreement between China and Pakistan has already been signed in 2019 yet the nature of that agreement…