India’s national security challenges and religious extremism
India's security perspectives would inevitably be governed by the interplay of its domestic imperatives, the regional balance of forces and the global challenges which impinge on its role and capabilities. India's democracy remains fundamentally secure, underpinned as it is by an active judiciary.
Analyzing the stimulated instability in Pak-Afghan region (Part 2)
Asif Raja Haroon, a defense and security analyst, discusses how in six months into the Biden administration, amid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and increasing violence on the ground there. Many are skeptical of Pakistan’s support of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
The race of supremacy in the Indo-Pacific region
The repeated reference to “Indo-Pacific”, a policy frame promoted by the Trump administration, reflects the Biden administration’s continued outreach to the region and the way US foreign policy has been recast by China’s expanding influence.
Why we need to understand the word ‘terrorism’?
Terrorism did not begin on 11 September 2001, but that terrible day did change the world. The attacks on the United States that claimed the lives of nearly three thousand innocent people showed us that terrorism had morphed into a global phenomenon that could cause massive pain
What will be PTI’s agenda for second term? -Dr Farid A Malik
Imran Khan is one of Pakistan’s great success stories; cricket, social work, politics, he has succeeded in all his endeavors. He has charisma and glamour but over the last three years, he has lost some of the popular support. He is currently fighting to regain it.
Analyzing the stimulated instability in Pak-Afghan region (Part 1)
Deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan have increased to the highest level in over four years as U.S. troops left Afghanistan and the Taliban took power, a sign of growing instability in the region that could hurt business and investments. Most of the violence has been attributed to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
Are we being conveniently dumb or having comfortably numb conscience?
Pakistan faces a lot of issues within its governing system like unapologetic leaders, uneducated religious merchants, or non-meritorious selections for top positions but still, we have seen people still supporting them so does that mean that our people lack conscience to call them out?
Why Shashi Tharoor’s inglorious empire is a must read?
Inglorious Empire, by Shashi Tharoor, a United Nations diplomat turned Indian National Congress MP in New Delhi, a book arose from a speech given by Dr. Shashi Tharoor in May 2015 at the Oxford Union in support of the motion ‘Britain Owes Reparations to Her Former Colonies’,
The dilemma of terrorism that is still haunting India
Mustafa khan laments how in a conventional war Pakistan cannot simply hope to match India. The United States and India are reconciled to ceding their influence in Afghanistan to China, Pakistan and its proxy Taliban so long as the territory is not used to nurture terrorist groups.
Why we are headed towards a prosperous Punjab? -Dr Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik thinks that Punjab is headed in the right direction in terms of development projects and good governance but there are still uphill battles that need to be fought like those who indulge in thuggery must be punished.
UAE-Israel relations risk being built on questionable assumptions
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have initiated a process that, if it comes to fruition, will bring about the normalization of relations between the two countries. but this relationship has given rise to some questionable assumptions, argues Dr. James Dorsey.
US blind eye and depicting the rogue states
Despite such cosmetic appearances in international counter-terrorism efforts, according to the irrefutable evidence that Pakistan presented to the UN in 2020, India has been involved with the nexus of terrorist groups operating in Pakistan which proves that India cannot be trusted.