The Big Picture

By Saturday most of the delegates, other than the hardcore negotiating teams ,had already left Glasgow

India and the US have comprehensively expanded their military-strategic relations over the past few years

Pakistan has signed the methane pledge, agreeing to cut methane emissions by 30% by the end of this decade

The end result is the same, and it’s that America’s regional image problem has just worsened

The American Hybrid War on Ethiopia is the top proxy war of the New Cold War

With Khalilzad out of the picture, his successor has the chance to flexibly adapt to the new reality that he inherited

ISIS-K’s modus operandi in Afghanistan appears to be the triggering of a sectarian conflict there

There’s no reason at this point why Chinese troops should be put in harm’s way to fight the ETIM and other terrorists

The GDP per capita of Bangladesh is close to India and exceeds that of Pakistan.

Their “military diplomacy” vis-a-vis Afghanistan also occupies a special significance for their respective governments