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QUAD- Mirage or reality

Does QAUD exist or its a mirage of dominance in the Indo-Pacific Region and even if exist, it is enough to restraint China?  The big question stands before American new President Biden. The rivalry between China and the USA is almost as old as the liberation of China in 1948 and both fought the Korean and Vietnam wars throughout the 1950s to 1960s in which both countries were fought against each other. China managed to have the upper hand on American and allied forces and American were forced to accept the ceasefire at the cost of hundreds of lives on both sides.            China was said to be an underdeveloped country till 1990, however, the policy to open the Chinese economy to the west and the introduction of lucrative incentives like tax holidays, free utilities etc paved the way for the industrial revolution,  which took ten years from 1990 to 2000 to shape new China. The might of Chinese Industrial capacity was demonstrated during the Beiji...

BeiDou- The Chinese and Pakistani Eye on the Space

 Global Positioning System (GPS), the most common technology for the tracking and navigation system in modern time in military and civilian use. GPS, initially, was developed as a military navigation system, started in 1973 and it took 20 years to be fully operationalized in 1993. The military version of GPS is known as NAVSTAR GPS used by the US Space force. 24 satellites are revolving around the Earth in different orbits, giving information regarding latitude, longitude, time to good accuracy and claim to be resistance to jamming technologies. GPS has now increased more space in civilian applications as well. The Civilian version of GPS is a software-based application and chipset used for navigation in rural areas and wilderness. It's also useful in an emergency when the traveller becomes off course and unable to understand the way, GPS help him or her to guide a suitable place. The civilian application also includes tracking of endangered species of animals kingdom, tracking of ...

Pathans, Pashtun, Afghan, Rajput- The historical linage and Aryan Theory

Pathans, Pashtuns and Afghan, Three names of one diaspora which exist in Central and Southeast Asia for millennium BC. They are mainly settled in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India with a population of more than 60 million, however, there are also found in Arab states, the US, Canada and other countries on minorities. They are known for their powerful built, resilient spirit, hospitality and rivalry. The Taliban are the latest example is the resilience of Afghan for Independence from a foreign army.     The Cities of Indus Civilization (Curtesy- US Federal Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)  Although Archeological evidence shows that the population existed in Afghanistan around 50,000BC. The tribes from the East Iran plateau started migrated some 20,000 years and settle near the banks of Amu Darya. White Huns, Medes, Persian and Greek were migrated and invaded in the some earliest cities of Afghanistan. Some of th...