More diplomacy won’t stop the advance of the Taliban
On 11 August, at Russia’s initiative, an ‘extended troika’ will meet in Doha, Qatar to take stock of the Taliban’s…
Will Afghanistan fall to the Taleban?
A last-ditch effort to broker peace in Afghanistan will be made in the Qatari capital of Doha this weekend. A…
Myanmar is on the brink of civil war
For more than two months now Myanmar has been convulsed by a burgeoning civil war. The confrontation between the country’s…
Will Burma's Buddhist monks help bring an end to the military coup?
In what could transpire to be a significant development, Buddhist monks joined tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters in the…
Will Myanmar's military get away with their coup?
In 1962 the Myanmar military staged a coup d’etat. Their iron-fisted rule lasted 49 years. On Monday, after a nine-year…
A UK-India trade deal is needed now more than ever
Within a year of being elected leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron made clear the importance with which he…
India and China are on a path to war
The foreign ministers of China and India, Wang Yi and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, will meet today on the sidelines of a…
India-Pakistan relations have reached rock bottom
Seventy-three years ago on 15 August, the nation of India awoke, in the immortal words of its first prime minister…
Modi's muted response to China is infuriating Indians
The mood in India simmers with retaliation following the death of at least 20 Indian soldiers in clashes with their…
