Sino-Taiwan brawl: America’s weaknesses are favoring China
The world is mired in the pandemic, but the Machiavellian realpolitik should remain alive, and the Sino-Taiwan tussle is just an example. The itinerary...
Force-the last resort while dealing with religious fault lines
It was the wee hours of Tuesday that news of the government and TLP agreement started to pour in suggesting that the PTI govt's...
Debunking Bloomberg: Biden’s Afghan withdrawal isn’t a blow to China
Bloomberg published an op-ed last week provocatively claiming that “Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal Is A Blow To China”. Opinion columnist Bobby Ghosh argues that the...
SAPM – more than a buzzword?
SAPM is a buzzword in today’s local political scenario – often, there is a news flash around it; more names are added to this...
Rise of religious parties: blind love or hybrid war?
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”- Friedrich Nietzsche Love is considered to be the most...
Robotic kill: coming soon to an autonomous battlefield
Ali Naqvi discusses in detail how warfare technology has evolved as greater emphasis is now put on lethal autonomous weapon systems. While such weapons can increase efficiency, they can be highly unpredictable as well.
Exposing the unreliable alliance between India and US as they take on China
India and the United States have recently initiated an onslaught of a series of bilateral defense agreements to demonstrate that the two countries are...
Miracle of Han River: the economic success of South Korea
Korean Peninsula remained under the control of Japan from 1910 to 1945 for more than thirty-five years due to Japan's military and economic dominance...
US-China exposing the myth of Thucydides’ Trap
Wars end in ceasefires, “grand concerts’, and realizations that they were avoidable, that they were cumulative upshot of reciprocal stupidities of belligerents. The Post-World...
Is the US being unfair towards Pakistan?
Pakistan possesses an advantage in South Asia given its geo-strategic location and no matter how hard different lobbies working against Pakistan try, it just...
India’s Naxalite Movement: how did it begin, and will it ever end?
Early April, there was a pitched battle between a Naxalite (or Maoist) group (called “rebels” by the Indian government) and government forces of over...
The French dilemma and its implications for Pakistan’s foreign policy
Sovereignty bestowed to the nation-states was to make sure the political, religious, and social stability remains against each other. The difference in the identities...