Author: Sunaina Tahir (Sunaina Tahir)

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The LAC Quagmire

One aspect that seizes to change in the ever-transforming international realm is the states’ unwillingness to compromise on matters of territorial sovereignty. A befitting demonstration of that is on full display at the Line of Actual Control where the Chinese and Indian troops are finding themselves engaged in unsettling scuffles and skirmishes. With the blame-game...

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Russia: The New Player in Afghanistan

After suffering an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the US-backed ‘Mujahideen’, Russians adopted a hands-off approach towards Afghanistan. Having realized that they had no say in the political landscape that existed in Afghanistan post Soviet-Afghan War, Russians separated themselves from the affairs which thereafter existed between Washington and Kabul. Unable to influence the decision-making...