Mukarji gives a lot of space to the role of Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, a man of Tajik descent, a minority group in a country of Pashtun majority, who led the Northern Alliance consisting of other minority groups in fighting the Soviet occupation. As he claims: ‘If you want to know the best part of Afghanistan’s recent history
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, Salgado and Anand have attempted to craft a digitalized and green route for resilient growth by identifying the potential demographic dividend in South Asia and pushing for more significant trade and financial openness.
‘Developing states, and particularly those in Africa, Southeast Asia, and parts of Eastern Europe, are some of the most vulnerable to the growing influence of Xinhua, since they have few restrictions on content-sharing deals,
Despite being at the helm of affairs in China for more than 12 years now, Xi Jinping is still somewhat of an enigma for the world and may be even for a large number of people within China.
Keyu Jin attempts to dispel notions that China’s functioning resembles some form of state Capitalism. She brings out that while ‘Public Sector type of companies’ undoubtedly dominate several sectors of the economy, they are not necessarily in themselves the principal growth engines.
China’s growing assertiveness in the last two decades, its ‘wolf warrior’ diplomacy under Xi Jinping’s leadership, rapidly expanding coercive power