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Analyzing the Afghan War
The bombing of the world trade center and the refusal of the Taliban to hand over Osama Bin Laden to the USA became the instant causes of the US war in Afghanistan. Looking back on […]
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AirPower and the Future Warfare
There is a famous byword of field Marshal Bernard Montgomery that “If we lose the war in the air, we lose the war and we lose it quickly.” But if we retell the same proverb […]
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The Politics of FATF
India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar has recently claimed that PM Modi’s government ensured that “Pakistan remains on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list.” Addressing a training program for BJP’s parliamentarians on […]
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U.S Exit and Impending Chaos in Afghanistan
After spending two decades on the rugged terrains of Afghanistan, another superpower has edged close to making its final exit from the often denominated ‘graveyards of empires’ that is Afghanistan. The U.S’ association with Afghanistan […]
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Pakistan on FATF’s Grey-List: India’s Role
In the past, terrorism and money laundering have become threats to global peace and security. Therefore, to counter this threat the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was developed to combat the crimes that set the […]
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Book Review: Homefire by KAMILA SHAMSIE
FICTION: HOME FIRE AUTHOR: KAMILA SHAMSIE BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC 50 ISBN: 978 93 86606 65 6 264 pp Fiction: The Polarized World Homefire is a reimagining of Sophocles ‘Antigone’ play, belonging to the Greek tragedy […]
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Letting Go of Afghanistan, Easier Said Than Done!
No one would be new to the 20year long on going war of 21st century. With the American troop withdrawal now set on 4th of July, Afghan war transcends into a transitional phase. In a […]
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Can Pakistan Survive Identity Politics?
The world has gone through a series of issues that it has attempted to address prior to establishing institutional structures and procedures. The central question until the last decade of the twentieth century was that […]
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Unstoppable China: US Needs an Updated Version of Kennan’s Containment Policy
Kennan’s containment strategy became the US policy to counter Communist USSR till the end of the Cold War. Now decades later US and its allies again face a new communist rival, China that perceives US […]
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Why the American Desperation On Securing Bases In Pakistan?
Background Afghanistan, of course. As a sequel to the 9/11 attack on American soil, the USA initiated a war codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom against the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The military aim of dismantling the […]