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Who is afraid of peace in Afghanistan?
By Amb. M. K. BHADRAKUMAR (India)
The six-nation conference on Afghanistan due to be held in Moscow on Wednesday – including Russia, China, India, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan – is already in the US’ crosshairs. A Voice of America commentary has accused that by taking this initiative, “Russia is more interested in undermining the United States than in solving the regional […]
Continue reading...Is India menaced by Russia’s apparent partnership with Pakistan?
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR (India)
17. January 2017
The Russian news agency Sputnik has featured a commentary by Moscow-based expert, Andrew Korybko signalling an imminent leap forward in the Kremlin’s strategy toward ties with Pakistan. Unsurprisingly, Sputnik claims that it has nothing to do with the opinions expressed in the commentary, which are the author’s personal opinion, but then, such things do not […]
Continue reading...The Global Plague Of Terrorism
by Gulam ASGAR MITHA (Canada)
15. July 2016
Pakistan, a nation of 200 million, is witnessing a plethora of oppression, injustice, tyranny, religious exploitation and blatant lying. A majority of the population live in either various forms of poverty as victims or in fear of targeted killings and kidnappings for ransom by workers of the major political parties and religious terrorists. The perpetrators […]
Continue reading...Missing pieces of Bin Laden’s execution puzzle
By Nauman SADIQ (Pakistan)
21. May 2016
According to Seymour Hersh, the original plan of the Obama Administration regarding the disclosure of the execution of Osama bin Laden to the press was that he had been killed in a drone strike in the Hindu Kush mountains on the Afghan side of the border. But things didn’t go as planned during the operation […]
Continue reading...Hybrid Wars 4. In the Greater Heartland (II)
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
1. April 2016
(Please read Part I prior to this article) “The Eurasian Balkans” As promising of a potential that the Greater Heartland has in fulfilling what seems to be the world’s inevitable multipolar destiny, it runs the risk of being held back by the adroit manipulation of its “Eurasian Balkan” socio-political vulnerabilities. To bring the reader up […]
Continue reading...Great Game & Partitioning Of Syria
By Shelley KASLI (India)
19. March 2016
Russia’s decision to greatly reduce its military presence in Syria, coming as it did with little warning, has left the world struggling for explanations. Russia is to maintain a military presence at its naval base in Tartous and at the Khmeymim airbase. In fact Russia is “withdrawing without withdrawing”. The partial withdrawal is seen by […]
Continue reading...Syria and the Great Middle East Game
By Gulam ASGAR MITHA (Canada)
11. October 2015
It’s over! The great game to the warm waters of the Indian Ocean has been won economically by China which has gained access through Pakistan after it was lost through military adventures of Great Britain, Soviet Union and the United States. Now the great Middle East game has started with Russia’s entry in the region. […]
Continue reading...Polar Reorientation In the Mideast (US-Iran)? (III)
By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
15. August 2015
(Please read Part I and Part II prior to this article) Perceptions & Motivations The third part of the series deals with the perceptions and motivations behind the possible polar reorientations. Much can be discussed in terms of these broad topics, but for comprehension’s sake, they’re split into eight separate themes: Energy Market Disruptor: Iran […]
Continue reading...Slogans vs messages: Middle East style
By Ghassan KADI (Lebanon)
15. April 2015
On the 4th of April 2015, and in the wake of the Saudi-led coalition attack on Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah gave an unprecedented speech in which he openly and overtly attacked Saudi Arabia and predicting its defeat in Yemen. In his previous public presentations, Nasrallah strongly criticised his local and regional […]
Continue reading...Lessons from Vietnam and Afghan Wars and Terrorism
By Gulam ASGAR MITHA (Canada)
12. January 2015
The past histories of mighty empires, emperors and kings are in the pages of history books for present empires, emperors and kings as well as for those that would follow in the future. Gulam Asgar Mitha I’d returned to Pakistan from the US in April 1976 after completing my post-secondary education and where I’d witnessed […]
Continue reading...Middle East: The Regional Chessboard
By Gulam ASGAR MITHA (Canada)
20. October 2014
PRELUDE ‘When the rich get richer they get more powerful and that puts them in the position to lobby for policies that make them richer still’ – former Clinton advisor Larry Summers. It is not the intent here to get into specific details about the Middle East which is of utmost importance to several players […]
Continue reading...Sanctifying Malala: The Nobel Prize and Moral Alibis
By Binoy KAMPMARK (Australia)
13. October 2014
Drones Kill So Malala Can Live. There were two recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize this year – the rather less known Kailish Satyarthi and near celebrity cherished Malala Yousafzai. In awarding the prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee deftly ignored the perceived frontrunner, Pope Francis. Il Papa will have to wait his turn. Those getting […]
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14. February 2017
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