India-Pakistan: hyphenated
Kashif MirzaBy MUNIR AKRAM The Pakistan army chief’s speech on Sept 6, Defence Day, highlighted the security threats which Pakistan continues to face from India 50 years after the 1965 war.…
Pakistan’s Four Pronged Peace Formula for India
The tensions between Pakistan and India are rising at an alarming rate. The main reasons contributing towards this are mainly the ceasefire violations by India across the Line of Control…
Afghan Army Now Ready – to Lose to the Taliban
One need not be prophetic to sense a bad outcome for the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Almost nothing has gone by plan since the Bush administration joined forces with the…
China Has a Plan to Take Over Central Asia – and America Loves It
ahsanBy : JOHN HUDSON Moments after landing at Lahore’s international airport one ordinary day in September, crowds of Chinese professionals jockeyed for position in an immigration line that was as…
The Raheel Doctrine
By Dr. Farrukh Saleem Trias politica is the doctrine of separation of political power. The doctrine of trias politica gave birth to Montesquieu's tripartite system of “separation of power among…
Move over Israel, it’s time for Iran
By M K Bhadrakumar Half a dozen good reasons can be given to expose that the South Block's lukewarm response to the Iran nuclear deal is wrong and cannot further…
Russia’s drone sub has Pentagon spooked
By Mir robotov The Pentagon has raised alarm at prospects of Russia building a drone submarine which apparently could attack harbours and strategic bases. Russia is apparently building a drone…
Predators, Near and Far
By KATHY KELLY Kabul—Some days ago, at the Afghan Peace Volunteers’ Borderfree Center, I met Jamila, the mother of a little girl, Fatima, who comes to the Street Kids School, a program designed…
Moscow Relishes Revamped Role in Mideast as Israel Seeks Assurances in Syria
By Reld Standish The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to Moscow was in 2013 for a two-pronged mission: to lobby against a nuclear deal with Iran and…
Has Yemen war handed Aden to Jihadists?
By Frank Gardner Unseen by most of the world, the once tranquil port of Aden is being steadily infiltrated by jihadists from both al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular (AQAP) and…
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