Tag: Cold War
Why India’s ASAT Test Heralds the Rebirth of the Cold War...
Mikail Shaikh | India conducted its first ever Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile system test in March, cementing its place as an international space power. The ASAT missile...
Roma: Cuaron’s masterpiece
Usama Masood Ahmad | Roma, Mexican director's first film since 2013's Gravity, is art. Shot entirely in black and white, with no accompanying score and...
US bolts Cold War missile treaty as Russia warns of arms...
AFP | The United States said Friday it would exit a landmark Cold War nuclear missile treaty due to purported violations by Russia, which has...
In space, the US sees a rival in China
AFP | During the Cold War, US eyes were riveted on the Soviet Union's rockets and satellites. But in recent years, it has been China's...
A formal Arab-USA alliance brewing against Iran
News Analysis | Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has unveiled the plan of the plausible, formal nexus between the United States of America and Arab...
Can Russia put an end to western hegemony?
Barrister Mansur Sarwar | After the total crucifixion of nonwhite, Non-christian Asian and African countries through colonialism, apartheid, the plunder of their natural resources and...
Russia’s Taliban connection is good for USA: But why?
Imran Jan | I attended a talk by Michael V Hayden about 4 years ago in Houston organized by the World Affairs Council. One of...
Gulf war architect, George H.W. Bush dies at the age of...
AFP | George H.W. Bush -- the upper-crust war hero-turned-oilman and diplomat who steered America through the end of the Cold War as president and...
NATO chief fears new EU Army could end NATO
AFP | NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Europe against undermining transatlantic ties, following a defence spat between US President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel...
US China Dialogue in Washington: US denies waging ‘Cold War’
AFP | The United States on Friday insisted it was not pursuing a new "Cold War" with China, but the Pacific powers could only paper...
WW1 Anniversary: Trump era rekindles fear of another world war
AFP | World leaders will put on a show of unity this weekend as they commemorate 100 years since the end of World War I,...
US, China meet to explore path forward from tensions
AFP | The United States and China resume top-level talks Friday after months of spiraling tension, looking to see if they can find a way...
Did the Russians influence my vote? – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | I voted Libertarian yesterday, and the New York Times has me really worried. In an article yesterday entitled “Russians Meddling in...
‘Heavenly Palace’: China unveils new space station as ISS days numbered
AFP | China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises...
Strategic Stability:President of Pakistan calls for a regional framework
News Analysis | The President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi, has said that India and Pakistan need to agree upon a framework of ‘strategic stability’...
Sierra Leone scraps project for Chinese-built airport
AFP | Sierra Leone has scrapped a $400-million (347-million-euro) scheme for a Chinese-built airport, saying the project was too costly, but Beijing sought to dismiss...
Take away from Qureshi Pompeo-Meeting
News Analysis | The foreign minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, met the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo in the evening on Tuesday, 2nd...
Qureshi Meets Pompeo Again
News Analysis | The foreign minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, will meet American counterpart, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday, the 2nd of...
Turkey-US Spat: Is US driving Turkey into the arms of Russia?...
Taimur Khan | On July 25, 2018, Andrew Craig Brunson, the American pastor who is living in Turkey, was released from jail confinement (of more...
What led to 1965 war? – Part 1
Saleem Akhtar Malik l The 1965 War Kashmir is simmering with a brazen homegrown resistance movement against the Indian state. Since last year, Kashmir is back...
The fear of being labeled a conspiracy theorist – Jacob G...
Jacob G Homberger | One of the CIA’s most successful propaganda campaigns in its 70-year history has been its use of the term “conspiracy theorist”...
China-Africa summit to target investment despite debt worries
AFP | African leaders will gather in Beijing Monday for a summit focused on economic ties, granting China a feel-good photo opportunity as it comes...
Despite daunting past, Pakistan and Russia draw closer amid geopolitical changes
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Shifts in the global political landscape have pushed the United States and Pakistan further apart, drawing Russia and Pakistan closer...
Syria: A vicious cycle of interventions
Jacob G Hornberger | President Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria lasted, I think, a day, maybe two. His quick reversal came...
Is Muhommad Bin Salman trying to strike a deal with Assad?
Andrew Korybko | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman recently acknowledged that Syrian President Assad will more than likely remain in office. He said this groundbreaking...
OPCW vote & South Asia: Why Pakistan backed Russia but India...
Andrew Korybko | Russia’s failed effort to get the OPCW to open up a joint investigation of the Skripal case importantly proved that the South...
Russia and US reminiscing the Cold War
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The United States gradual fading of two-decades’ sole super power stature is giving way to the blocks solidarity in the...
Russia calls on UN after joint spy probe rejected
AFP | Russia has called for urgent UN Security Council talks on the spiraling diplomatic crisis sparked by the spy poisoning scandal as a group...
Geopolitical Challenges of South Asia’s Silk Roads
Andrew Korybko | The Strategic Vision Behind the Silk Road The early part of the 21st-century is witnessing an astronomically rapid rise of China as a...
Indo-Iran ties and implications for Pakistan
News Analysis | The Iranian foreign minister, Javed Zarif, is all set to visit Pakistan for a three-day tour beginning from Sunday, the Iranian ambassador...
UK Tory MP apologises to Labour’s Corbyn over spy claim
AFP | A vice chairman of Britain's Conservative Party on Saturday apologised to Labour's Jeremy Corbyn after tweeting that the opposition leader had "sold British...
Pakistan’s critical role in the New Cold War
M K Bhadrakumar | Afghanistan, no doubt, was what brought Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to Moscow on a ‘working visit’ on February 20. This...
Pentagon Chief Statement hints division of Syria
News Analysis | Russian and US forces have been communicating across the "deconfliction line" in Syria despite glitches, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters...
Pakistan’s contributions for the uplift of Afghan people
Afrah Jamal | Pakistan and Afghanistan have history. And it is not all good. They have a shared border – though its legality has been...
Trump’s phrase sparks hopes of Indo-US alliance
News Analysis | The use of “Indo-Pacific” during his trip to Asia many times by US President Donald Trump has given the impression of a...
The real victors of the second world war
Jacob G. Hornberger | On May 9, 2017, Russians held a military parade in Red Square to commemorate the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in...