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Within few months since the Taliban took control of the country, the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan — known as Islamic State Khorasan province, ISIS-K, ISIS-KP, ISKP — has stepped up attacks across the country, as it tries to consol...
The article discusses the main mechanisms of “soft power” implemented by the Japanese government, business elites and society. For this, firstly, it is important to identify the basic levers of influence within the framework of the concept ...
Groupe d'action financière, or worldwide known as "Financial Action Task Force", has gained tremendous currency in the last couple of decades, especially following the tragic 9/11 terror attacks at the heart of hegemon-the United States. Th...
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan is a far-right Islamic extremist political party based in Pakistan. The word Tahreek-e-Labbaik interprets as “Movement of the Prophets followers”. It is an extreme Sunni Islamist group. Tehreek-e-Labbaik was ...
As the pandemic was wreaking havoc all over the world pharmaceutical companies were racing towards the invention of coronavirus vaccine. The first vaccine that came to the market after completion of the third phase trial was Pfizer/BioNTech...
The G-20 summit meeting last week between the leaders of the twenty most important economies of the world has reignited the talks of international cooperation between like-minded countries and groups. With no dearth of multilateral organisa...
Ever since China has set on an unprecedented wave of growth and development, no move by it fails to make it to the global headlines and causes uproars regularly. China has left no domain untouched from its reach and is relentlessly followin...
Under the Interim National Security Strategic Guidance document released by Whitehouse in April 2021 there are few priority areas which have been highlighted. There are five major pillars: ‘rising nationalism, challenges to democracy, US gr...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently held its 38th and 39th summit meetings from 26th October to 28th October 2021. Under the theme "We Care, We Prepare, We Prosper", Brunei Darussalam took over the ASEAN Chairmanship...
After both countries tested ballistic missiles hours apart, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed South Korean President Moon Jae-in and warned about the "total destruction" of bilateral relations. Kim Yo Jong, Kim'...
The developments in South China Sea have been a matter of concern for all the littoral countries in its periphery as well as the dialogue partners. This year has been very eventful in the context of tensions between US and China in th...
Fumio Kishida has been sworn in as the next Prime Minister of Japan, succeeding Yoshihide Suga, who resigned after only a year in office. Following the pandemic, Japan has had three prime ministers, which is unprecedented in Japanese politi...
