The Russian invasion of Ukraine resonates among the Gulf’s smaller states, three of which know first-hand what bullying by larger neighbors in violation of international law means, writes Dr. James Dorsey, an award-winning journalist.

Bullying behavior may be used to gain social status, show strength and achieve domination. This sounds so true of the Pakistani elite. Overall the cause of bullying behavior depends on multiple issues including individual, social and family issues.

According to BBC News, in 2008, police in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya arrested five people for smuggling uranium ore. The packets containing uranium, seized from the culprits, had the seal of India’s Atomic Minerals Division on them.

India’s BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is a stripped-down version of Russia's P-800, developed and produced by the private company NPO. India has been given the technology to produce the land, air, and sea versions of BrahMos.

Leonid Savin, a Russian geopolitical analyst, provides an interesting view on the causes of Russia's "preventive defensive action" in Ukraine. In an eye-opening piece, he states that Russia will achieve its goal of denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine

India "accidentally" firing a missile into Pakistan was a planned and calculated risk and not a technical malfunction as is being cunningly explained by India after a break of three days - writes Asif Haroon Raja, a retired Brig Gen, and a defense analyst, in a hard-hitting piece!

As Pakistan recovers from the Peshawar Mosque attack, Ahmad Maudood Ausaf reflects that frequent terror attacks have left the nation desensitized to terrorism. "Our history may be grisly and flimsy but our only response to terrorism cannot be to move on" - Mr. Ausaf writes.

Lt Gen. (r) Asad Durrani, a retired 3-star rank general in the Pakistan Army laments how we clobber the countries on our wrong side for violating human rights or maltreatment of minorities but must keep mum on graver violations by our strategic partners.

According to Ali Haider Saleem, the geoeconomic fallout of Russia’s advancement in its neighboring country turned out to be beneficial for China’s economic expansion strategy.

Russia realizes very well that this attack is not going to be a piece of cake. Ukrainians mean business and they are here to fight. It has also changed the possible scenarios for Russia. Complete invasion of the country and controlling it militarily does not seem to be a plausible option.

Pakistan has shown its stance by being a part of the game in peace but will follow a policy of neutrality during the war. The EU's venture of using Pakistan against Russia cut a sorry figure. Among major Asian countries, India is between the devil and the deep blue sea looking at every move

Dr. James Dorsey, an award-winning scholar, talks about Usaama al-Azami's Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy which focuses on the responses of several prominent Muslim religious scholars towards the 2011 Arab popular revolts.