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April 2024 | GP Insights # 871
The Middle East: Steady Escalation 
April 2024 | GP Insights # 872
Sudan: One Year of Civil War

April 2024 | GP Insights # 862
Sindh's Dacoit Problem

April 2024 | GP Insights # 861
Profile: Street Crimes in Karachi
April 2024 | GP Insights # 857
Threat letters to the judges
April 2024 | GP Insights # 868
30 years after the Rwandan Genocide
March 2024 | GP Insights # 849
Gaza: Finally, a UN Security Council Resolution
March 2024 | GP Insights # 850
Russia: ISIS terror attack in Moscow
March 2024 | GP Insights # 851
Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K): A profile
March 2024 | GP Insights # 846
Haiti: Continuing political instability 

March 2024 | GP Insights # 848
Post elections, Putin warns of
March 2024 | GP Insights # 843
Continuing Kidnappings in Nigeria
March 2024 | GP Insights # 853
The Aurat March returns. So do its detractors

March 2024 | GP Insights # 820
Shehbaz Sharif: New Prime Minister, Old Issues

February 2024 | GP Insights # 819
Challenges faced by the French wine industry

February 2024 | GP Insights # 835
Ukraine: The Battle for Avdiivka
February 2024 | GP Insights # 818
China's domination in Europe's solar industry
February 2024 | GP Insights # 815
Imran Khan seeks coalition with MWM and JI
February 2024 | GP Insights # 834
War expands to Rafah, the border town
February 2024 | GP Insights # 830
UNRWA relief fund shutdown exacerbates crises
January 2024 | GP Insights # 803
Gilgit-Baltistan: In a state of continuous protest
January 2024 | GP Insights # 800
Germany approves citizenship bill

January 2024 | GP Insights # 829
Haiti: Continuing Violence and Kidnappings 
January 2024 | GP Insights # 799
Iran-Pakistan Crisis Update
January 2024 | GP Insights # 797
Xi's New years Speech
January 2024 | GP Insights # 798
Iran-Pakistan Crisis

January 2024 | GP Insights # 828
The Red Sea Crisis: Attacks and Counter Attacks
January 2024 | GP Insights # 798
Iran attacks alleged terror bases in Pakistan

January 2024 | GP Insights # 826
Middle East: Blinken's Fourth Visit
January 2024 | GP Insights # 794
On tapping women’s potential

January 2024 | GP Insights # 792
PTI’s Electoral Symbol Saga
January 2024 | GP Insights # 791
An analysis of CRSS Annual Security Report 2023

December 2023 | GP Insights # 790
Pakistan International Airlines: Turbulence again
December 2023 | GP Insights # 789
PPP’s election manifesto: An ode to the people
December 2023 | GP Insights # 786
Remembering Benazir

November 2023 | GP Insights # 779
PPP co-chairman Zardari seeks ‘New allies’

November 2023 | GP Insights # 775
Another facet of the ‘Chitral’ region

October 2023 | GP Insights # 765
All set for Nawaz Sharif’s homecoming
October 2023 | GP Insights # 764
Kakar reaffirms CPEC's future at the BRI forum
October 2023 | GP Insights # 754
Niger: Rising security threats after the coup

September 2023 | GP Insights # 746
Sudan: Intense Fighting between the warring sides
September 2023 | GP Insights # 751
Italy: Migrant crisis in the Mediterranean
September 2023 | GP Insights # 734
On Climate Change, where is Pakistan currently?
September 2023 | GP Insights # 733
Justice Isa: Beginning of a New Era?

September 2023 | GP Insights # 752
Anticipated return of Nawaz Sharif
September 2023 | GP Insights # 743
EU's Digital Services Act: Three Implications
September 2023 | GP Insights # 745
Libya: Destructive floods kill more than ten thousand

September 2023 | GP Insights # 746
Morocco: Devastating earthquake kills thousands
September 2023 | GP Insights # 749
Pakistan and Afghanistan: The Problem in Torkham
September 2023 | GP Insights # 750
259th Corps Commander Meeting

September 2023 | GP Insights # 735
Gabon: Post-coup tensions
August 2023 | GP Insights # 730
Colombia: One year of “total peace” plan
August 2023 | GP Insights # 728
Niger: Continuing standoff
August 2023 | GP Insights # 726
Moscow conference on international security
August 2023 | GP Insights # 727
Ethiopia: Another conflict in Amhara
August 2023 | GP Insights # 723
Ecuador: Increasing political violence

August 2023 | GP Insights # 724
Hawaii: The wildfires
August 2023 | GP Insights # 721
Japan-Australia's Reciprocal Access Agreement
August 2023 | GP Insights # 718
Niger: Standoff after the coup

July 2023 | GP Insights # 715
Niger: Another Coup 

July 2023 | GP Insights # 716
Kenya: Anti-government protests turn violent
July 2023 | GP Insights # 717
Protests over Judicial Reforms in Israel
July 2023 | GP Insights # 739
Third EU-CELAC Summit: Three Takeaways
July 2023 | GP Insights # 713
Syria: Stalemate over Aid extension
July 2023 | GP Insights # 708
Mali: Termination of the UN Mission - MINUSMA
July 2023 | GP Insights # 709
Israel: Violence in Jenin

July 2023 | GP Insights # 706
Pakistan: Finally, a deal with the IMF
June 2023 | GP Insights # 702
Russia: Rise and Fall of the Wagner Revolt
June 2023 | GP Insights # 703
Sudan: Nine Ceasefires, No Solution in Sight

June 2023 | GP Insights # 698
Uganda: Resurging insurgency
June 2023 | GP Insights # 694
Political Crises in Maldives
June 2023 | GP Insights # 695
Domestic instability in Colombia
June 2023 | GP Insights # 696
The Debt crisis in Pakistan

June 2023 | GP Insights # 693
Canada: Raging Wildfires and its fallouts
June 2023 | GP Insights # 690
North Korea: Nuclear, Missile and now Space
June 2023 | GP Insights # 692
The US: Debt Ceiling Notches up higher

June 2023 | GP Insights # 686
Russia and Ukraine: A New Drone Warfare
June 2023 | GP Insights # 687
Violence in Kosovo: Dangers of Escalation
May 2023 | GP Insights # 683
Thailand elections: Victory of democracy

May 2023 | GP Insights # 679
Arab League: The Return of Syria

May 2023 | GP Insights # 680
Sudan: A Seventh Ceasefire
May 2023 | GP Insights # 681
Ukraine: Russia claims victory in Bakhmut
April 2023 | GP Insights # 698
France and China: The Macron-Xi meeting
April 2023 | GP Insights # 671
OPEC: Reducing crude oil production
April 2023 | GP Insights # 696
Expanding Russia-South Africa relations
April 2023 | GP Insights # 697
NATO: Turkey greenlights Finland’s membership
March 2023 | GP Insights # 694
AUKUS Submarine Deal
March 2023 | GP Insights # 692
Macron’s visit to Africa: Three Takeaways

December 2022 | GP Insights # 684
Jiang Zemin and his Legacies

October 2022 | GP Insights # 680
Elon Musk's Twitter deal
October 2022 | GP Insights # 681
Putin's address in the Valdai Club
October 2022 | GP Insights # 677
UN deems Russia’s referendums illegal
October 2022 | GP Insights # 676
China: UNHRC proceeding on Xinjiang
October 2022 | GP Insights # 672
Reducing Inequality Index 2022: Three Takeaways

October 2022 | GP Insights # 674
OPEC: The curious case of OPEC's production cuts
September 2022 | GP Insights # 669
Iran: Protests spark against hijab rules
September 2022 | GP Insights # 664
Putin and Russia's New Ukraine Strategy

September 2022 | GP Insights # 668
EU's food waste 2022: Three takeaways
September 2022 | GP Insights # 662
SCO Summit 2022: Who said what
September 2022 | GP Insights # 663
Sweden: 2022 elections reflect political polarization

September 2022 | GP Insights # 664
Ukraine: Counteroffensive in Kharkiv and Kherson
September 2022 | GP Insights # 666
Global Estimates of Modern Slavery 2021: Six takeaw
September 2022 | GP Insights # 659
Russia: Military exercise Vostok 2022

September 2022 | GP Insights # 661
Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina’s State visit to India
September 2022 | GP Insights # 658
The UN report on Xinjiang: Four Takeaways
September 2022 | GP Insights # 656
Iraq-Al-Sadr Withdraws, Protests Intensify

August 2022 | GP Insights # 653
Sri Lanka starts bailout talks with IMF

July 2022 | GP Insights # 649
Putin’s meeting with Khamenei and Erdogan

July 2022 | GP Insights # 648
Elon Musk Versus: 'Twas a troll after all
July 2022 | GP Insights # 643
NATO 2022 Strategic Concept: Four takeaways
June 2022 | GP Insights # 639
Saudi Arabia: Rapprochement with Turkey

May 2022 | GP Insights # 635
EU: New sanctions on Russia
April 2022 | GP Insights # 631
Russia: New nuclear-capable ICBM test
April 2022 | GP Insights # 629
Elon Musk and the battle for Twitter

April 2022 | GP Insights # 627
New actions and sanctions on Russia
March 2022 | GP Insights # 625
Europe: The new focus on defence
March 2022 | GP Insights # 622
China: A careful strategy on Russia and Ukraine
March 2022 | GP Insights # 620
China: Fifth Session of the 13th NPC
March 2022 | GP Insights # 617
Sanctions against Russia: Effects and Divides
February 2022 | GP Insights # 612
Escalation and de-escalation in the Ukraine crisis
January 2022 | GP Insights # 610
The Normandy Format: Europe, Russia and Ukraine
January 2022 | GP Insights # 608
Kazakhstan: Russia, China and the protests
January 2022 | GP Insights # 605
The US: Remembering 6 January
December 2021 | GP Insights # 602
The US and Russia: Biden-Putin video conference
December 2021 | GP Insights # 601
Honduras: The Return of the Left
November 2021 | GP Insights # 597
Russia: The Anti-Satellite test
November 2021 | GP Insights # 591
COP26: Focus on Deforestation, Methane, and Coal
October 2021 | GP Insights # 590
China's White Paper on Climate Change
October 2021 | GP Insights # 587
China: The hypersonics missile tests

October 2021 | GP Insights # 588
Russia: The Afghan summit
October 2021 | GP Insights # 589
The EU: Poland continues to defy the EU
October 2021 | GP Insights # 585
Afghanistan: The G20's "Extraordinary Summit"

October 2021 | GP Insights # 583
Europe: The impending energy crisis
September 2021 | GP Insights # 580
Tunisia: President announces rule by decree
September 2021 | GP Insights # 569
US: 20 years after 9/11
September 2021 | GP Insights # 570
France: Trial begins for the 2015 terrorist attack
September 2021 | GP Insights # 571
Lebanon: a new government after 13 months

September 2021 | GP Insights # 568
The New Afghanistan
August 2021 | GP Insights # 567
Kamala Harris' visit to Southeast Asia
August 2021 | GP Insights # 557
Myanmar: Six months of the military rule

July 2021 | GP Insights # 550
Lebanon: Deepening political crisis

July 2021 | GP Insights # 545
Backgrounder: Communist Party of China
June 2021 | GP Insights # 543
Europe: Russia's responses

June 2021 | GP Insights # 537
G7 Summit: Biden brings the US back to Europe
June 2021 | GP Insights # 538
China: Stern response to G7 and NATO summits
June 2021 | GP Insights # 540
G7 Summit: Biden brings the US back to Europe
June 2021 | GP Insights # 535
Sahel: End of France's military operation
June 2021 | GP Insights # 531
Israel: End of Netanyahu era
May 2021 | GP Insights # 524
Mali: The coup within a coup
May 2021 | GP Insights # 527
US: Another investigation into COVID origin
May 2021 | GP Insights # 517
China: What does the Census 2020 say?
May 2021 | GP Insights # 510
The US: Hundred days of President Biden
May 2021 | GP Insights # 511
Three years after inter-Korean talks
April 2021 | GP Insights # 508
Hong Kong: China now targets media freedom
April 2021 | GP Insights # 503
US: Climate envoy John Kerry visits China
April 2021 | GP Insights # 496
Iran: Return of the JCPOA talks
April 2021 | GP Insights # 497
Pakistan: A "new era" with Russia
April 2021 | GP Insights # 499
Ukraine: Escalation of tensions with Russia
March 2021 | GP Insights # 486
Afghanistan: The Moscow Summit
February 2021 | GP Insights # 472
Iran: The new US offer to restart a dialogue
February 2021 | GP Insights # 470
UAE: The Hope mission enters the Mars Orbit

January 2021 | GP Insights # 461
The US: Biden brings America to Paris
December 2020 | GP Insights # 451
Brexit: The trade deal may not come through

November 2020 | GP Insights # 432
India and the US sign crucial defence agreements
October 2020 | GP Insights # 420
The US: The First Presidential Debate
October 2020 | GP Insights # 421
France: New bill to prevent Islamic Separatism

September 2020 | GP Insights # 419
South Asia: Finally, a SAARC meeting

September 2020 | GP Insights # 411
BREXIT: UK's new bill renews the tensions with the EU

September 2020 | GP Insights # 413
California: Wildfire continues to rage
August 2020 | GP Insights # 407
Japan: Shinzo Abe announces resignation
August 2020 | GP Insights # 402
Coup in Mali: Plunging further into chaos

August 2020 | GP Insights # 403
Greenland: The ice sheet melts at a record rate
August 2020 | GP Insights # 394
Vietnam: The second wave
July 2020 | GP Insights # 391
Global Nuclear Security progress has slowed
May 2020 | GP Insights # 346
Europe shows the way, but with a warning
April 2020 | GP Insights # 336
Afghanistan: 300 Taliban prisoners released
April 2020 | GP Insights # 332
The US accuses the WHO of being China-centric

April 2020 | GP Insights # 325
A lethal impact on the Refugee/Migrant Camps

April 2020 | GP Insights # 328
Syria: New UN Report on Idlib
March 2020 | GP Insights # 311
US: $2.2 trillion to stimulate the economy
March 2020 | GP Insights # 302
Afghanistan: 30 killed in two days
March 2020 | GP Insights # 304
CoronaVirus: The US-China blame game
March 2020 | GP Insights # 299
China: Fall in numbers
March 2020 | GP Insights # 292
Afghanistan: The US-Taliban deal under stress
March 2020 | GP Insights # 285
'Aurat March': A New beginning across Pakistan
March 2020 | GP Insights # 287
Two Presidents in Afghanistan
March 2020 | GP Insights # 281
Coronavirus cases cross 100,000
March 2020 | GP Insights # 276
Sri Lanka withdraws from 30/1 Geneva Resolution

February 2020 | GP Insights # 269
US and Taliban sign the long-awaited peace deal

February 2020 | GP Insights # 272
Trump in India: Optics, Substance and Rhetoric
February 2020 | GP Insights # 268
Thailand: The Court dissolves the opposition party
February 2020 | GP Insights # 258
Afghanistan: The US-Taliban Seven Day Deal
February 2020 | GP Insights # 259
Pakistan: Suicide terrorism returns to haunt Quetta

February 2020 | GP Insights # 260
Pakistan: Court convicts LeT founder Hafiz Saeed
February 2020 | GP Insights # 253
Coronavirus: Seven Weeks After
February 2020 | GP Insights # 254
General Election: Ireland turns Left, after decades
February 2020 | GP Insights # 252
Israel: Violence in the post-Trump deal
February 2020 | GP Insights # 248
The US Senate acquits Donald Trump
February 2020 | GP Insights # 243
Afghanistan: Continuing Violence
February 2020 | GP Insights # 245
New Delhi: Shooting in an anti-CAA rally

February 2020 | GP Insights # 246
Trump's Middle East plan gains mixed responses
February 2020 | GP Insights # 238
Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan
February 2020 | GP Insights # 240
UK and EU on 5G and Huawei

February 2020 | GP Insights # 242
Finally, the BREXIT: The “UK Dream” comes true
January 2020 | GP Insights # 236
Lebanon: A new government but crisis is worsening
January 2020 | GP Insights # 237
Libya: Peace Summit in Berlin
January 2020 | GP Insights # 229
World Economic Forum: The 50th meeting at Davos
January 2020 | GP Insights # 232
Lebanon: A new cabinet assisted by the Hezbollah
January 2020 | GP Insights # 222
Tehran: Protests follow the Airplane shooting
January 2020 | GP Insights # 225
Afghanistan: Taliban's Proposal to Reduce Violence
January 2020 | GP Insights # 216
Myanmar welcomes Xi Jinping
January 2020 | GP Insights # 217
Russia: Putin's New Democratic experiment

January 2020 | GP Insights # 219
Taiwan: DPP returns to power with a large mandate
January 2020 | GP Insights # 210
6G Technology: China is an Early Bird

December 2019 | GP Insights # 200
ICJ: Suu Kyi defends the indefensible
December 2019 | GP Insights # 201
UK: Boris Johnson wins big, gets the BREXIT mandate

December 2019 | GP Insights # 202
Greta Thunberg is TIME's person of the year
December 2019 | GP Insights # 204
The US plan against Mexican Cartels
December 2019 | GP Insights # 197
NATO at 70: Brain Dead and Jaws Dropped

December 2019 | GP Insights # 198
Iran: The protests continue
December 2019 | GP Insights # 199
Spain: COP 25 begins in Madrid
November 2019 | GP Insights # 196
London attacks: A reality check on radicalisation
November 2019 | GP Insights # 195
Iran protests: Thousands arrested

November 2019 | GP Insights # 188
Sri Lanka: Return of the Rajapaksas
November 2019 | GP Insights # 189
Protest in Georgia over constitutional reform
November 2019 | GP Insights # 191
Mass Protests in Iran

November 2019 | GP Insights # 193
Russia Releases Ukrainian Vessels
November 2019 | GP Insights # 184
Bolivia: Political crisis over elections

November 2019 | GP Insights # 185
Brazil: Leaders meet for the 11th BRICS Summit
November 2019 | GP Insights # 187
Hong Kong: Violence reaches a new high
November 2019 | GP Insights # 181
India refuses to sign the RCEP 
November 2019 | GP Insights # 183
US-China Tariff Rollback: Yes, sorry no…  

November 2019 | GP Insights # 176
UK Elections: A delayed Brexit; divided Parliament
November 2019 | GP Insights # 177
ISIS after Baghdadi

November 2019 | GP Insights # 178
Lebanon: PM Hariri quits, but protests continue
October 2019 | GP Insights # 173
Brazil’s mysterious oil spill 

October 2019 | GP Insights # 167
Turkey's Offensive in Syria
October 2019 | GP Insights # 168
Spain: The trouble in Catalonia
October 2019 | GP Insights # 170
Hong Kong Violence: A divide within

October 2019 | GP Insights # 158
China: Celebrating 70 years
October 2019 | GP Insights # 160
Iraq: The Protests Now

October 2019 | GP Insights # 161
UK: Boris Johnson announces a Brexit roadmap
September 2019 | GP Insights # 154
The UN Climate Action Summit: No Action Plan yet

September 2019 | GP Insights # 156
US and Japan: A limited trade agreement
September 2019 | GP Insights # 157
UK: Parliament uproar over Boris Johnson’s language
September 2019 | GP Insights # 148
Israel: No clear winners in the elections

September 2019 | GP Insights # 149
Afghanistan: Taliban’s deadly strikes
September 2019 | GP Insights # 151
Climate Change protests ahead of the UN Summit
September 2019 | GP Insights # 147
An Amazon in the East: The Forest Fires in Indonesia

September 2019 | GP Insights # 142
Suspension of the British Parliament
September 2019 | GP Insights # 144
"Glory to Hong Kong": Protesters' New Anthem

August 2019 | GP Insights # 139
Huawei vs Google: The Saga Continues
August 2019 | GP Insights # 140
Italy: Experiments with a new coalition

August 2019 | GP Insights # 136
G7 Summit: Cold responses and little outcomes
August 2019 | GP Insights # 130
Brazil: The fires in Amazon goes global

August 2019 | GP Insights # 132
Brexit: No backing out on backstop deal
August 2019 | GP Insights # 133
Italy: Political turmoil as the PM resigns
August 2019 | GP Insights # 127
Israel: US Congresswomen's visit denied 
August 2019 | GP Insights # 128
Jammu and Kashmir: The UNSC meeting
August 2019 | GP Insights # 118
J&K: India revokes Kashmir’s special status

August 2019 | GP Insights # 120
Hong Kong: China issues a strong warning
August 2019 | GP Insights # 121
North Korea: Cyber theft of  $ 2 billion
August 2019 | GP Insights # 113
Trump imposes new tariffs on China
August 2019 | GP Insights # 115
The Netherlands ban Burqa

August 2019 | GP Insights # 116
US Withdraws from the INF Treaty
July 2019 | GP Insights # 101
Myanmar: US-led  sanctions will not go far
July 2019 | GP Insights # 103
US House blocks Trump's Saudi arms deal
July 2019 | GP Insights # 105
US excludes Turkey from the F-35 program
July 2019 | GP Insights # 106
Pakistan Airspace Reopens after five months
July 2019 | GP Insights # 100
Iran to breach nuclear stockpile threshold
July 2019 | GP Insights # 96
Libya: Attack on Migration Centre kills 60
June 2019 | GP Insights # 89
Hong Kong Protests: Expanding the Goals?
June 2019 | GP Insights # 93
G20 Summit 2019 in Japan: Early takeaways
June 2019 | GP Insights # 87
Protests in Georgia

June 2019 | GP Insights # 82
Nigeria: The Triple Suicide Bombing
June 2019 | GP Insights # 84
Hong Kong: The Protests Escalates Further
June 2019 | GP Insights # 85
Xi visits North Korea

June 2019 | GP Insights # 78
Xi's Visit to North Korea
June 2019 | GP Insights # 69
India: Two Days, Two Neighbors

June 2019 | GP Insights # 70
Japan and Iran: Abe’s Peace Mission
June 2019 | GP Insights # 72
Sudan: The Military orders crackdown
June 2019 | GP Insights # 73
The Gulf of Oman: Attack on Oil tankers

June 2019 | GP Insights # 75
Sudan: African Union suspends membership
June 2019 | GP Insights # 63
Hong Kong: China's Game Plan
June 2019 | GP Insights # 65
China and Russia: Xi Jinping's Moscow Visit
June 2019 | GP Insights # 66
China's First Orbital Sea Launch
June 2019 | GP Insights # 67
India's New Priority: BIMSTEC, not SAARC?
June 2019 | GP Insights # 59
Trump's UK Visit
June 2019 | GP Insights # 61
Sudan: Clampdown on Protestors
June 2019 | GP Insights # 62
India, US and the S-400: Threat of Sanctions

May 2019 | GP Insights # 44
1500 American troops to the Middle East
May 2019 | GP Insights # 48
Indonesia: Post-election violence
May 2019 | GP Insights # 36
US-China Trade Talks

May 2019 | GP Insights # 33
The Huawei Controversy in the UK

May 2019 | GP Insights # 34
Sri Lanka Attacks: Deepening fault lines
November 2018 | GP Insights # 188
Sri Lanka: Return of the Rajapaksas