Hybrid Warfare in Pakistan
TIC Analysis |
The entrance of the nuclear weapons changed the paradigm of overt conflict throughout the world. Not only did nuclear weapons stopped aggression against nuclear armed states but also a global taboo against...
Iran Rejects US Call to Negotiate ‘Better’ Nuclear Deal
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What Happened: Iran rejected US President Donald Trump’s call to renegotiate a better nuclear deal, describing the offer as “nothing but political showboating”, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported. “The U.S. government knows what to...
Turkey Accuses UAE of Spreading Chaos in Middle East
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What Happened: Turkey accused the United Arab Emirates of bringing chaos to the Middle East through its interventions in Libya and Yemen, allegations which are likely to inflame tensions between the regional rivals....
5 Myths on Kashmir Issue Debunked
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A high-level Congressional delegation of the United States flew into the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) capital on Sunday to see the ground situation and gauge public sentiment following the Aug 5...
Increased intervention in Syria: How many targets is the US eyeing?
M. K. Bhadrakumar |
The shooting down of a Syrian SU-22 warplane by a US F/A-18E Super Hornet to the south of the city of Raqqa, the capital of the ISIS, on Sunday is a...
Rethinking the sporting structure – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool |
A colleague of mine, who is still too young to have been jaded about his faith in Pakistan Cricket Team, was distraught after Pakistan exit from the Asia Cup. He (much like...
Will Trump be left standing alone against North Korea?
M. K. Bhadrakumar |
On Tuesday, even as Moon Jae-in got elected as South Korea’s next president, in faraway Oslo, North Korean and American representatives sat down to hold “informal discussions” for the second day. The...
PM Modi: The ‘New Hitler’ ?
Andrew Korybko |
PM Modi: The 'New Hitler' ?
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's (PMIK) speech at the UN General Assembly last week was one for the history books and heralded the country's rapid ascent as a globally...
Russia & Pakistan Will Help Ensure A Stable US Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Andrew Korybko |
Russian Special Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov traveled to Islamabad on an unannounced visit to discuss the future of the war-torn state following the US’ possibly impending “phased withdrawal” from the country. It should...
Indian Navy Stumbling Bid For Face Saving
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An article titled “Pakistan Navy under Chinese spell & it’s faltering Naval Strategy” was posted on Indian specialized defense website Bharat Shakti. While the title itself gives away the notion of...
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact: 80 Years Of Fighting Against Russia
The debate on the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Russia have been deliberately whipped up by the West as an opportunity to lodge various historical, political and even financial grievances with Russia and discredit...
Mother of All Bombs MOAB: nothing more than a mere theatrical act by the...
M. K. Bhadrakumar |
The BBC’s first-hand report from the remote site in the southern Afghanistan province of Nangarhar where the US dropped the Mother of All Bombs (MOAB) on April 13 is both shocking...
Don’t Threaten Afghans
M K Bhadrakumar l
The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in the US State Department, Alice Wells dropped a bombshell early morning today on the Afghan government...
Modi’s betrayal of Iran is only the beginning
M K Bhadrakumar |
The sudden visit to New Delhi by the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif for a meeting on May 14 with the outgoing External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the dying...
The New Middle East
Jawad Falak l
The 2003 US invasion of Iraq shook the fault lines upon which the post WWI Middle East rested upon. The removal of Saddam Hussain from power set a chain reaction which led...
Kim Kardashian: ‘Most dangerous celebrity to search online’
Global Village Space |
If you’re looking for the latest news on Kim Kardashian’s drama with her sisters or her response to Kanye West’s Twitter rants then beware. The reality TV star is the most...
From control to corruption
Dr Farid A Malik |
Control of the democratic process has resulted in massive political corruption that we have to deal with today. Controlled democracy does not work. It has been repeatedly tried but with poor...
Indo-Pakistan & Indo-China Flare-Up – III
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After illegally occupying two-thirds Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) in 1947, India once again undertook an illegal step on August 5, 2019 to integrate disputed IOK without any provocation by Pakistan and...
How Trump lost the Afghan war?
M K Bhadrakumar |
Surely, the recent Moscow conference on Afghanistan (November 9) brought to light that the peace talks will get a big fillip if the US and Russia work in tandem. (See my...
Pakistan And The FATF Grey List
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of its Member jurisdictions, with the objectives of the to set standards and promote effective implementation...
3 Reasons Why Russia Should Sell S-400 Missiles to Pakistan
Andrew Korybko |
S-400: The Game Changer
India’s successful launch of the Agni 5 ICBM was a strategic game-changer though not necessarily in the way that its leaders and their American allies may have expected, as...
Why Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy isn’t much different from Barack Obama’s
M K Bhadrakumar |
United States President Donald Trump’s much-awaited policy speech on the way forward in Afghanistan was disappointing. It neither fulfilled his campaign pledge to end the 17-year war nor amounted to a...
Hybrid Threats vs. Hybrid Warfare
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The hybrid nature of warfare thrives on elements which were present in societies – traditional and modern likewise. However, as we had mentioned earlier, the traditional nature of warfare do not exploit...
Indo-Pak Relations After Modi’s Re-election
TIC Analysis |
Indian Leader Narendar Modi returned to power with a landslide victory in the recent elections. Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 303 seats, its best ever score, giving it an...
Netanyahu’s Aide: ‘Morsi Was the Last Resistant Arab Leader’
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Edy Cohen, a close aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, revealed on Thursday that the late Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi could have been a “disaster for Israel”, hailing current Egyptian President Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi, who ousted...
Turkey faces Disaster in Syria
M K Bhadrakumar l
The three-year old Russian-Turkish tango in Syria has been incisive, exciting and provocative, but the inability of the two partners to trust each other or surrender to the care and needs...
Why is Strait of Hormuz so Vital for Global Economy?
Jawad Falak l
According to a report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “the Strait of Hormuz is the world's most important oil chokepoint because its daily oil flow of about 17 million barrels...
Sino-Indian Competition In Maldives
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Sino-Indian Competition In Maldives: Former Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed has clashed with the Chinese envoy over Male's "alarming levels" of Chinese debt, which stands at $3.4 billion, even as India has regained...
MBS: Riding roughshod or playing a risky game of bluff poker?
James M. Dorsey |
A stalemate in efforts to determine what happened to Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is threatening to escalate into a crisis that could usher in a new era in relations between the...
Belt & Road Initiative: China Tiptoeing Towards Super Power Status
TIC Analysis |
The key Chinese foreign policy-makers, including the whole standing committee of the politburo, summoned a landmark conference dedicated to ‘Peripheral Diplomacy’. It was aimed at outlining the country’s strategic direction, in particular,...
