IDR Blog
Government must change the Gilgit-Baltistan narrative
Sadly, successive government in India since independence has chosen to remain silent spectators with regard to the oppression and atrocity that is being heaped on the people of Gilgit-Baltistan by Pakistan. The word Gilgit-Baltistan is nowhere mentioned in the Constitution of Pakistan. Despite the people of Gilgit-Baltistan opting to join...
Ghani’s Deck of Cards – joker is Pakistan
At the India Today Conclave 2015 on March 14, the evening theme was ‘The New Afghanistan – Endless War or a Fresh Start’. Dr Abddullah Abdullah, CEO of Afghanistan holding centre stage had to face a barrage of posers about the perceived tilt towards Pakistan by President Ashraf Ghani, reasons attributed were Ghani visiting India seven...
Nepal Quake: Risk of Loosing the Perception Battle
The former Army Chief, General Bikram Singh in one of his speech to a select gathering had said, “More often than not, the first responder to a national crisis, the Army’s professionalism was aptly demonstrated during the Uttarakhand tragedy”. Undoubtedly it holds true even in case of floods in Kashmir of September 2014 and recently this...
Asia Pivot Doctrine: Changing Dynamics of US Foreign Policy
The “Pivot to Asia” doctrine marks a decisive shift in the US foreign policy-thinking in recent times. In terms of scope, purpose and resources mobilised for policy action, it is potentially more powerful than the previous “War on Terror” policy that defined American strategy since the beginning of this millennium. First articulated by...
Tehrik e Pakistan Taliban Now Armed With Missile
The elder brother Chinese President XI Jinping who came calling on Pakistan, his younger brother’s home as per his own words on 20 and 21 April, has departed from Pakistan leaving Pakistan euphoric with 46 billion dollars worth of goodies in infrastructure development and military hardware. …missile OMAR-1 which they say they will put in...