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Uncertain future for Yemen with no formal sign of Saleh’s exit

 01 December, 2011 04:10:00
There is no denying that Al-Qaeda has expanded its reach in Yemen, making the local off-shoot, the most dangerous of al-Qaeda’s many franchises. Zinjibar, a port city in the Gulf of Aden is under its influence. Anarchy will give it the cover to carry out deadly attacks and even hamper the freedom of shipping in the Bab El Mandeb Straits, through which more than 3 million barrels of oil pass through every day....
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Dragon's Shadow Over Nepal

 17 August, 2011 08:55:00
The display of Chinese bonhomie is in sharp contrast to India’s reluctance to make any diplomatic forays into Nepal at the present juncture. New Delhi’s stand is that as a friend and neighbour, India wishes national reconciliation in Nepal but will not take direct part in the process. It is for the local players to take their own judicious decision and move ahead. ...
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Fresh flare-up of ethnic violence in Xinjiang

 19 July, 2011 10:25:00
China has not gained an upper hand in its 'battle' against the Uighur groups. It sees these groups as a part of a terrorist network with links to al -Qaeda. Uighur groups are known to get armed training and weapons from the state patronized jihadi outfits in Pakistan. Yet, China has not name them either and merely termed the Khotan clashes as ‘an organized terrorist attack’....
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Another lease of life to Nepal's Consitutent Assembly

 30 May, 2011 07:35:00
"There is a view that the basic problem is Nepali Congress’s insistence on disbanding of PLA as the first step towards peace and reconciliation, seeing the Maoists as a threat. To accept this line is to close eyes to the reality of the countryside today and also to gloss over the way the 2008 election was held and won. Level playing field may be an economic jargon. But it is very much relevant to the political arena too, particularly in countries like Nepal where left extremism had held sway over the hinterland for long years."...
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What Next in Nepal....

 17 April, 2011 04:25:00
As of now Prime Minister Khanal appears to be unnerved by the threat posed by his Big Brother in the government but two recent developments are pointers to a new scenario, says the author, a SAARC Fellow, working for his PhD...
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