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Why Djibouti and the Gulf of Aden matter for India and the Indo-Pacific

With the latest drone attacks launched by the Houthi rebels on the cargo ships transiting through the Gulf of Aden and southern Red Sea, the region in and around Djibouti has shot to global prominence once again. In response to these attacks, global...

January 11 , 2024
Neighborhood News Digest- 09 January 2024

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate’s PM Meets Pakistan’s Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman- Tolo News The Islamic Emirate’s Prime Minister, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, received the Pakistani delegation led by Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the leader of Pakistan's Jamiat...

January 9 , 2024
Assessing Ten Years of Belt and Road Initiative

With China's economy growing at a significantly slower pace than it was a decade ago, Beijing's willingness and ability to continue pouring money into the BRI has been a matter of speculation. But Xi seems to have doubled down on his signature...

January 4 , 2024
Bangladesh’s Upcoming Election: Regional & Global Response

The last date for the submission of nomination forms for the upcoming Bangladesh’s parliamentary election known as ‘Jatiyo Sangsad Nirbasan’ ended on 30 November confirming that Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the leading Opposition Party is...

December 21 , 2023
Neighborhood News Digest – 15 December 2023

Afghanistan Pakistan punishes Kabul with Sirajuddin Haqqani ‘Disclosure’-The Khama Press Pakistan has let out its worst-kept secret that the top mujahideen personnel of its anti-Russian and, later, anti-US campaigns in Afghanistan, some of whom are...

December 15 , 2023
Neighborhood News Digest – 13 December 2023

Afghanistan Taliban Should Change Their Policy: Andisha - Tolo News The permanent representative of Afghanistan to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR...

December 13 , 2023
Venezuela-Guyana Standoff-another possible flash point in Latin America

On Sunday, 3rd December, Venezuela declared, through a five- question referendum, that the Essequibo province of its eastern neighbour Guyana belonged to Venezuela following which the Venezuelan parliament passed a resolution on 6th December to...

December 13 , 2023
Neighborhood News Digest – 04 December 2023

Afghanistan Kabul Rejects US Report on Al-Qaeda, Daesh in Afghanistan- Tolo News On November 30, the US State Department released a report dated April 2023 that focused on terrorism in 2022 and which claimed that Al-Qaeda, Daesh and other regional...

December 4 , 2023
Neighborhood News Digest – 01 December 2023

Afghanistan Delegation of Religious Scholars of Islamic Countries Arrives in Kabul- Tolo News A delegation of religious scholars from Islamic countries led by Dr. Ali al-Qaradaghi arrived in Kabul on Thursday to meet with the officials of the...

December 1 , 2023
Trends & Tribulations in the Indo-Pacific

(On August 8-10, 2023, Malaysia’s Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) conducted a seminal international conference called the 36th Asia-Pacific Roundtable.[1] Towards the overarching aim of maintaining ASEAN centrality in...

November 22 , 2023
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