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,…
Pakistan: Clichés and Stereotypes
Every international happening around the globe carves an effect on different regional and state levels, of varying degree that may…
Second Belt Road Forum
The second Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum was attended by 5,000 delegates from 150 countries including 40 heads of…
ISIS: Expanding Ideology
It was expected and predicted, ISIS has been resurrected in Asia after being effectively defeated in Iraq and Syria. This terrorist…
Pakistan-Russia Economic Relations
Pakistan-Russia economic relations steadily evolved with a huge scope. Following the brief period of their economic relations in the post-Cold…
Iran Sanctions Affecting Global Markets?
After US President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal of the nuclear agreement with Iran, officially known as the Joint…
Inequality within the Working Class
In 2019, demand for fixed hours of work per day is almost impossible for most of the working class. This…
Kautilya and India’s Foreign Policy
Kautilya is well-known as ‘Chanakya’ was a political advisor and minister of Indian king Chandragupta Maurya. He advocated unification of…
Kashmir: Pakistaniyat’s Guiding Light
The role of national ideologies cannot be ignored in shaping the trajectory of countries, especially those ethnically, linguistically and even…
Chagos Islands: ICJ Rejects British Claim
The recent advisory opinion given by International Court of Justice over the status of Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean…
Pulwama Fallout: BJP’s Electoral Standing
Infuriating Modi era draws to close with fewer accomplishment through a bilateral agreement with the US to cooperate in the…
“Heritage Diplomacy: A Gadget for Regional Peace”
“Pakistan pledges firmly that those nations, which deny the essence of their heritage and past, witness a disastrous fate, as…
Why India Can’t Develop Like China?
China is developing a demand-constrained economy due to its sheer economic size is steering global production and global demand while…
Post-Pulwama India-Pakistan Spat: An Appraisal
The direct exchange of hostilities between Pakistan and India on Line of Control, de facto international border and working boundary…
Efficacy of SCO in Indo-Pak Fracas
The history of Pakistan-India relations is a tale of mistrust, wars, conflict and acrimony. Indian war hysteria against Pakistan continues…
Peace Constituency and India
The stalemate between Pakistan and India continues. Pulwama attack has further deepened the animosity between them. The attack seems to…
Iranian Pan-Islamism and Kashmir
For certain unavoidable reasons, stringing together a foreign policy incorporating as pan-Islamic unity as practically possible has been a testing…
“Stalled Kashmir Conflict”
“Kashmir burns”- bedewing in blood, a wounded paradise whose natural beauty perhaps unparalleled but grisly transmuting into a place littered…
FETO’s Lethal Teachings
Fethullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), blamed for the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, and characterised as an unseen terror movement that…
Pakistan and Central Asia Relations: An Analysis
Central Asian Republics’ (CARs) independence in 1991, Pakistan was among the first countries, which extended recognition to the CARs without…
Populism in Europe: A Civilizational Legacy
Populism in Europe as a civilizational legacy has a deeply rooted history which dates back to Greco-Roman antiquity and as…