The Big Picture

Pakistan’s founding alleviated the Afghans’ greater concern with regards to security threats from India

Malaita’s threat to secede from the Solomon Islands could create a crisis in the South Pacific

French President Emmanuel Macron has taken it upon himself to steer Lebanon towards recovery

It’s no coincidence that this report was released shortly after news of the latest LAC incident along the Pangong Lake

It is sure to put Beijing, Tehran and Washington at a crossroads, potentially triggering a future flashpoint

The company might be so deep in the BJP’s pocket that it wouldn’t ever dare turn against its patron

Even America’s closest allies realise that its unipolar hegemony is in decline and are therefore reaching out to China

For India this was a clear win-win situation

The “report” itself mentioned India so many times that any objective reader would immediately grow suspicious

The American vision for China is of an internally divided, economically destitute, and politically weak country