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Pakistan. The Two Tales of Pakistan’s Geography (Amit Kumar, VIF)

Pakistan’s location, for long, has been a source of attraction in America’s foreign policy. However, Pakistan has leveraged its geography to continuously venture into...

USA/Singapore/Vietnam. Explained: What did Kamala Harris’ visit to Singapore and Vietnam Reveal? (Rajaram Panda, VIF)

Even as the US President Joe Biden is facing another big challenge in Afghanistan following his decision to withdraw troops and takeover by the...

Europe/Indo Pacific. Connecting Distant Geographies: The EU in the Indo-Pacific (Pratnashree Basu, Roshan Saha, Soumya Bhowmick, ORF)

Although Europe is not geographically proximate to the Indo-Pacific, it has a clear interest in the stability of the region that has become a...

India. Elections in the so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Priyanka Singh, IDSA)

The issue brief captures the highlights of the elections held in the so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in July 2021. It also lays...

Afghanistan/Turkey/Iran. Turkish and Iranian Response to Upheaval in Afghanistan (Md. Muddassir Quamar, IDSA)

The chaotic end of the US military mission has raised serious questions about the future of Afghanistan. The Taliban are back in the saddle...

China/Afghanistan. Beijing’s Strategic Moments with Taliban: Policy, Strategy and Worldview (Jagannath P. Panda, IDSA)

The future of geo-political security and power-balancing in the Middle-East/West Asia and regions adjacent to South and Central Asia is at present being drawn...

Afghanistan/Europe. Why Afghanistan was not a failure of European strategic autonomy (Ulrike Franke, ECFR)

German forces near Camp Marmal during a patrol outside of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan November 2009 Image byResoluteSupportMedia The war in Afghanistan is over – at least for...

Germany. Flash in the pan: Flooding in Germany and the politics of climate (Fafael Loss, ECFR)

Floods in Altenahr, Germany, July 2021. Image byMartin Seifert CC0 Ten years ago, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan underwent a meltdown. Radiation was released...

China/Taiwan. Taiwan says 19 Chinese military aircraft entered its airspace (Al Jazeera)

An H-6 bomber pictured during a previous flight close to Taiwan's ADIZ Taiwan says 19 Chinese military aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, entered its southwestern...

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