Why Saudi Arabia’s anti-terror coalition won’t work
ahmed sabirBy Salman Rafi The formation of the Saudi Arabia-led “anti-terror” 'Muslim' coalition last week has come as a surprise. But its underlying logic is hardly surprising. Far from being a…
Syria shatters pentagon dream
By Pepe Escobar No wonder Full Spectrum Dominance practitioners in the Beltway and beyond are consumed by deep denial. They look at the Syrian chessboard and as power projection goes,…
Libya’s oil and ISIS
By Vijay Prashad In the northern heart of Libya sits the town of Sirte. It is the hometown of Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed there by local militiamen after a…
Stingy Baghdad harms the ISIS fight
The Peshmerga go unpaid as the Kurds are stiffed by the Iraqi government By Juleanna Glover The most important and effective fighting partner in the global coalition against Islamic State…
From Iraq to Syria Repeating a Debacle
By John Wight Proof that the British political class hasn't learned anything after Iraq came with David Cameron's ludicrous assertion that there are 70,000 moderate rebels fighting in Syria. It…
SEMINAR ON MARITIME POTENTIALS OF PAKISTAN
Pakistan Navy defending its maritime borders in effective manner Vice Admiral Arifullah Hussaini Commander, Pakistan Navy Fleet, Vice Admiral Arifullah Hussaini has stated that, God has blessed us with immense…
The idea of India Why the choice is clear in intolerance debate
By Naseeruddin Shah It is worth pondering whether the heat generated by Shah Rukh Khan's or Aamir Khan's statements was the result of genuine outrage by offended parties or a…
China hits India where it hurts
ahsanBy M.K. Bhadrakumar China has moved for the first time to demonstratively erode India's 'influence' over one of its small neighbors, Nepal. The disclosures following the weekend talks in Beijing…
The US – Russia proxy war in Syria
By Ray McGovern The risk of Syria becoming a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia became real last week when Turkey and Syrian jihadists used U.S.-supplied weaponry to shoot…
Why Taliban special forces are fighting Islamic State
By Dawood Azami The Afghan Taliban say they have unleashed "special forces" in an increasingly bloody battle with fighters from the rival, so-called Islamic State (IS) group. The Taliban's dominance…