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TopicCPEC

Topic: CPEC

Chinese influence is growing in Pakistan’s Gwadar. No access for local Baloch people

Ayesha Siddiqa -
The current ruling regime in Pakistan is deficient in the art of political language and believes that force is the only tool to be used.

Xi Jinping, Shehbaz Sharif reaffirm consensus on CPEC upgradation

ANI -
The Pakistani PM is on a five day visit to China, the first after his appointment after the 8 February elections.

Terror attacks on Chinese nationals in Pakistan won’t stop until Beijing winds up CPEC

Seshadri Chari -
Balochistan is simmering with discontent as its mineral wealth is being looted by China.

Pakistan Army needs a pawn to trick China for loans. Will Nawaz Sharif play into its hands?

Seshadri Chari -
Pakistan is a textbook case of Chinese control over countries that are willing to barter their sovereignty and autonomy for pittance.

2023 is year of Indian diplomacy. Goal of boosting its strategic autonomy credentials met

Aparna Pande -
US' decades-old alliance system is changing in an era when countries seek to avoid choosing sides. Allies are now part of minilaterals and regional groupings.

China’s G20 Srinagar game plan was hollow. PoK to Taiwan to Tibet, India can turn the table

+TFP Seshadri Chari -
Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia will soon realise the drawbacks of aligning with China by boycotting G20 Srinagar meet. India's economy must be prepared.

China is overcoming security fears to connect with Taliban. It will keep LAC dispute alive

Aadil Brar -
Beijing’s plan to connect CPEC with Afghanistan will bring more Chinese security forces to the Khunjerab Pass in the Pamir Knot–shrinking India’s strategic space in South Asia.

Pakistan has walked dangerously deep into Chinese grip. Wake up, West

Ayesha Siddiqa -
The growing technology dependency on China will impact the overall strategic culture of Pakistan’s armed forces.

Balochistan is misunderstood. Its stunted development driving Pakistan back onto the rocks

Pervez Hoodbhoy -
A CPEC-proposed new road will devastate the local boat construction industry. The old town of Gwadar looks like a dump, but Rawalpindi doesn’t care.

The ‘unbreakable bonds’ of Pakistan-China friendship are under stress

Pervez Hoodbhoy -
Because in Pakistan, indoctrination was promoted over knowledge and skills, we are stuck with an ocean of unemployable youth.
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Operation Sarp Vinash — the forgotten 2003 campaign that changed India’s fight against terror

Manvendra Singh -
Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.

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Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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