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Indo-Pak Pirouette On Afghan Talks: Will They Be In Step? Saeed Naqvi 14 Mar 2021
It is exactly a decade since President Barack Obama set the deadline to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Even then, Obama recalled how the 2001 Bonn conference had only “provisionally” installed Hamid Karzai in Kabul. We all know how long that “provisional” government lasted: 15 years. For Afghanistan, deadlines do not matter.
Are we about to witness Obama’s third term in Foreign Affairs? The question arises because people fear Joe Biden may have inherited some of his previous bosses’ instincts. No sooner had Obama’s intention to withdraw announced than qualifications were introduced: the date of withdrawal is not cast in stone. Reminding us of those days, again there is a deadline – May 1, for withdrawal of the remaining 2,500 troops. True, the deadline was set by the Trump administration. But Zalmay Khalilzad, veteran US diplomat and a Pus
If political decentralisation is good for Jammu and Kashmir, why not for the rest of India
China’s single-party model enables inner party control, as an additional instrument, to ensure governance effectiveness across long implementation chains.
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Over the last three decades, it has become customary to disregard the fears of the “little woman” at the bottom of the income pyramid, as mere misinformed or worse unenlightened, unreasonable insecurity.
After all, markets, if regulated appropriately, have delivered wonderfully and poorer economies have benefited more than developed ones. South Asian per capita GDP (PPP2017 constant) grew by 3.3X over the period between 1990 to 2019 versus 0.7X growth for the world.
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US moves to boost military presence in Indo-Pacific amid China ‘threat’ Laura Zhou laura.zhou@scmp.com The Pentagon has described the Indo-Pacific Command as “the single most consequential region for America’s future”. Photo: US Navy
The United States is moving to boost its military presence in the Indo-Pacific, as President Joe Biden s administration shapes plans to contain China s influence in the region.
But observers say it could be a challenge for the US to keep up its push for a military role in the Indo-Pacific and that some Southeast Asian nations fear getting caught in the rivalry.
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