South East Asia

India-Myanmar: Volatile Border – Analysis

On May 14, 2025, at least 10 suspected Kuki National Army-Burma (KNA-B) militants were killed in a gunfight with Assam Rifles in New Samtal village in Khengjoy tehsil (revenue unit) in the Chandel District of Manipur near the Indo-Myanmar border. Seven AK-47 rifles, one Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) launcher, one M4 …

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Indian Airstrikes in Pakistan: May 7, 2025

On May 7, 2025, between 1:05 and 1:30 a.m. (IST), airstrikes carried out by the Indian Air Force hit nine locations inside Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). It was codenamed Operation Sindoor. Significantly, this is the first time since 1971 that India struck across the international boundary (IB) or …

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Courting The Taliban, China, India, And Russia Make Overtures – Analysis

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers were shunned by foreign governments after seizing power in 2021 but have recently notched up some big wins in their diplomatic efforts to forge international ties. This week, Indian special envoy Anand Prakash was in Kabul for talks with senior Taliban leaders on boosting political and trade …

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Pakistan: Brutality Fuels Insurgency In Balochistan – Analysis

On April 17, 2025, the dead body of ‘forcibly disappeared’ Baloch youth, Sher Khan Nazar, a resident of Pasni, was recovered in the Turbat District of Balochistan. The victim had been forcibly disappeared from the Jusak area of Turbat on April 15. On April 16, 2025, the tortured body of …

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India: End Of The Road For Naxalism – Analysis

On April 15, 2025, two wanted cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), carrying a collective bounty of INR 1.3 million, were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in the forest of the Kilam-Bargum villages of Kondagaon District in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. The killed Maoists …

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In trade war with the US, China holds a lot more cards than Trump may think − in fact, it might have a winning hand

When Donald Trump pulled back on his plan to impose eye-watering tariffs on trading partners across the world, there was one key exception: China. While the rest of the world would be given a 90-day reprieve on additional duties beyond the new 10% tariffs on all U.S. trade partners, China …

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Est-ce que le «piège de Thucydide» explique les tarifs douaniers sauvages à la Chine

Derrière l’imposition par Trump de tarifs douaniers drastiques à la Chine, il y aurait une peur sous-jacente chez l’actuel hégémon économique d’être dépassé par le géant chinois au cours de la prochaine décennie, ce que l’on appelle le «piège de Thucydide». La lutte entre l’hégémon et la puissance émergente L’expression …

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Russie-Chine : des relations au plus haut niveau stratégique

Moscou et Beijing poursuivent le travail conjoint dans le cadre du partenariat hautement stratégique qui lie les deux nations et puissances mondiales de premier rang. Comme à l’habitude des relations sino-russes contemporaines, indépendamment de la conjoncture internationale et des gesticulations d’une évidente minorité planétaire. Les relations Chine-Russie rendent extrêmement nerveux …

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La Chine tente de remodeler les chaînes d’approvisionnement mondiales

La Chine utilise la «diplomatie industrielle» et les contrôles technologiques pour créer de nouveaux réseaux de production mondiaux favorables à la Chine, centrés autour de la Chine, c’est-à-dire qu’elle ferait exactement ce que le colonialisme et l’impérialisme a fait depuis des siècles et qui se heurterait à plus retors que …

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About $80 billion worth of US military equipment abandoned in Afghanistan: Vance

US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that Joe Biden administration left about $80 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan, which was a “catastrophic error.” Vance made the remarks during a visit to a military base in Greenland. He also said the Biden administration’s “catastrophic error” led to …

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