Analysis of international affairs, diplomacy and conflict.
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US: The Paradigm Shift
The US leadership that never failed to harp on its avowed principle of supporting the democratic forces all over the world has failed to notice the democratic change in Pakistan, which has opened a…
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Roots of Evil
Israel has struck Gaza again. This time more than 365 peoples including innocent men, women, and children have been killed. Around 600 people have been injured, a majority of them being in serious condition.…
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Mubarak’s Destabilising Role
Israel’s Gaza carnage started just a day after Tzipi Livni, Israeli foreign minister, returned from Egypt after meeting, pro-western secular president, Mr. Hosni Mubarak. Israeli Foreign minister’s this visit has proved very costly to…
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Diabolical Indo-Israeli Nexus
Through its words, calm behavior and vigorous action in the wake ofMumbai tragedy of 26th November 2008 at the hands of terrorists, Pakistan has made its intentions known that it means business and that…
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Living with Nuclear Iran
Anti-Iran passion seems to have befogged the Western intelligentsia to such an extent that far fetched and illusionary analogies are drawnbetween the collapse of the soviet empire and the opposition movement in Iran. Over…
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Massacre in Egypt
The Egyptian massacre of August 14, 2013, has only proved and further re-emphasised the fact that extremists, whether in the ranks of Islamists or secularists, have no regard for human life. It is the…
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Tens of Thousands Gather in Liberation Square
Tens of thousands gather in Liberation Square in Egypt today on Feb 4, 2011 demanding Mubarak’s immediate departure from Egypt. Under the watchful eyes of the whole world the Egyptians, fired up by their…
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US and Iran Showdown Disastrous for the World
Encircling Iran by maintaining its military presence in five of the seven countries sharing borders with Iran, the US is already working overtime to neutralize Iran’s nuclear programme with threats or coaxing. Whereas, Israel,…
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Iran and the US: Regime Change Not an Option
Anti Iran enthusiasts in the US hope that one day Iran will witness yet another homegrown revolution of its own and get rid of the Mullah (Clergy) enjoying sweeping powers there. A reality check,…
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US-Iran Relations Require Re-thinking
Popular perception in the lands of Islam regarding the US stance on Iran’s nuclear programme should be very unpalatable to American policy makers who, in their own right, believe they are trying to make…
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Legacy of a general
Not what the Quaid intended What can be the legacy of a general? Novelty in marshalling troops in battlegrounds, breaking ground in new formations, genius in surprise tactics to catch the enemy off-guard, reaching…
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Beyond the Makkah Accord
The Mecca accord reached last week between Fatah and Hamas, rather between President Mahmud Abbas of Fatah and Khaled Meshaal of Hamas as the gambits of factional fighting between two political identities in occupied…