Politics
Offensive Diplomacy……why not!
Diplomacy is an art. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, it is the art of telling someone to go to hell and convincing them to look forward to the trip. Diplomacy is as old as cross-border human […]
Politics
Politics
Modi a Warmonger
Individual leadership holds a colossal impact on societies. Be it Napoleon, Mandela, Hitler or Mussolini, all of them were able to captivate, engage and regulate the behaviour of the masses. War begins in the minds […]
Politics
Understanding the Discourse of “Dirty Hands” behind Sri Lankan Tragedy
In an unfortunate series of events, Sri Lanka faced the worst tragedy historically over the Easter Sunday, on April 21, in which over 250 people died and almost twice that number were injured. No amount […]
Politics
Was ‘Easter Bombings’ in Sri Lanka Driven by Conflicting Political Interests?
The alleged mastermind of the recent bombings in Sri Lanka is believed to have been trained in India. A top Sri Lankan military source has stated that “We also suspect that some of those radical […]
Politics
Is India Turning into a ‘Hindu’ State?
India came to be known as the Secular Republic of India after the 42nd amendment to its constitution. In the Indian ongoing elections campaign the BJP under Narendra Modi has pledged that with a 2/3 […]
Pak India Crisis 2019
Pulwama, Pakistan and the China Factor
Less than two months before the convening of the most important global gathering in the neighbourhood of Pakistan and India, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing on April 25, the Pulwama Incident […]
Politics
Pakistan’s Authoritarian Past: An Assessment
All political systems come with their fair amount of criticism whether they are democratic or authoritarian. In Pakistan, we have had a mix of democratic and authoritarian tenures, and by comparing one against the other, […]
Missiles
Missile Contagion
Power maximization and security is the desire of every state and usually leads to insecurity for other countries. Over the past decade, India has been on the course of revolutionizing its military capability by importing […]
Politics
The Afghan Peace Process – Cautious optimism
Although the past seventeen years have been devoid of any meaningful progress towards a negotiated settlement between Kabul and the Taliban, the year 2018 and onwards has proved to be the most promising in terms […]
Nuclear
Debating the Future of NPT
The former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon once said that nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security. The world’s oldest Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) covers the three […]