Tag: national security
Book Review: Ghost Wars
News Desk | Steve Coll has made a name for himself as one of the foremost reporters of this generation. He is the author of...
Still dying for nothing in Afghanistan – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | It wasn’t until history class in college that I heard of the Thirty Years War. My immediate reaction was: No way!...
Chorus of condemnation intensifies in U.S. over trade tariff
News Analysis | Massive US tariffs have come into force as condemnation of the Trump administration's move intensifies. Top congressional Republicans joined the collective criticism...
Indian misconduct continues to fuel conflict in Kashmir
News Analysis | On February 20, 2018, the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) conducted a seminar on “Crimes against Humanity-Genocides and Ethnic Cleansing” in...
Why did Pakistan refuse EU grant for support of electoral process?
News Analysis | Pakistan has refused a European (EU) grant of €15 million proposed for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and election monitoring...
US ambassador admits they need Pakistan’s support
News Analysis | Foreign Secretary (FS) Tehmina Janjua received the US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Ambassador Alice Wells on Monday at the Foreign Office...
Maleeha Lodhi fires back at American UN ambassador’s hostile remarks
News Analysis | Maleeha Lodhi took a firm stance against the contentious remarks made by Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations by...
Trump government will cause new Korean War
Jacob G Hornberger | If war breaks out in Korea, which is increasingly likely, make no mistake about it: the cause will be the U.S....
Uber paid hackers $100,000 to hide security breach
Reuters | Uber Technologies Inc paid hackers $100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed the personal information of about 57 million...
What does CIA want from President Trump on JFK assassination?
Jacob G. Hornberger | There are now two weeks left before the National Archives releases CIA records relating to the President Kennedy assassination, records that...
The illegality of Trump’s ‘Afghanistan war’
Jacob G. Hornberger | When President Trump attributed his flip-flop on Afghanistan to his team of military generals, who informed him that a withdrawal from...
Trump ‘New’ Afghanistan strategy is neither new, nor a strategy
Rupert Stone | It is a common feature of democratic politics that more a leader promises change, the more things will stay the same. Professions...
Pakistan can pull the plug on the US
News Analysis | Pakistan has started to mull over options to confront the new US South Asia strategy which has ramped-up pressure on it. The...
Will Trump continue the CIA’s cover-up in the JFK assassination?
Jacob G. Hornberger | Last week, the National Archives suddenly released a batch of long-secret official records relating to the JFK assassination. This was surprising...
Trump’s rejection of a tyrannical system
Jacob G. Hornberger | Notwithstanding President Trump’s many faults, failures, and foibles, let’s give credit where credit is due. Last week a suspected member of...
The Gulf crisis: A battle of megalomaniacs
James M. Dorsey | There are fundamental problems in trying to learn lessons or draw conclusions from the Gulf crisis for the role of small...
Lockheed Martin in India: Strategic implications for Pakistan
News Analysis | Lockheed Martin has agreed to jointly build F-16 fighter planes equipped with new-generation electronics in India with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. The fighters...
Pakistan’s PM, Finance Minister & Army Chief on trip to resolve...
News Analysis ISLAMABAD - The Press Information Department (PID) of Pakistan, disclosed on Monday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS)...
Kennedy & Trump both similar in pursuing good relations with Russia……?
Jacob G. Hornberger | Just consider the accusations that have been leveled at the president of the USA: He has betrayed the Constitution, which he...
China killing CIA spies, but why is the US spying on...
Jacob G. Hornberger | In its May 20 edition, the New York Times reported that between 2010 and 2012, China executed at least a dozen...
Attorney General dismisses claims of government’s malicious intent
Following the ICJ verdict of 18th May, which ordered Pakistan to stay the execution of Indian spy, Kulbhushan Jadhav, the media and opposition parties...
How Dawn Leaks ruined Pakistan Army’s credibility
GVS Analysis | On May 10th 2017, the nation witnessed a historic compromise between the civil and military establishment over the “Dawn Leaks” issue. In...
America’s wars around the globe: Necessary and constitutional?
Jacob G. Hornberger | For 45 years, the United States was engaged in a Cold War against the Soviet Union and communism. In the 1960s,...
Malaysian Hacker reveals information: “Chemical Attacks in Syria were staged”
Sophie Mangal | On April 4, chemical attacks were carried out in Khan Shaykhun, Idlib, killing over 80 civilians and leaving around 200 injured. European...
US turning the world into a battlefield to safeguard “national security...
Dr. Ron Paul | President Trump said it is in the “vital national security interest of the United States” to attack Syria over the use...
The ‘Deep State’ has taken over the Trump administration Like those...
Jacob G. Hornberger | When President Trump took the oath he did so by promising to stand against the national-security state apparatus and to not kneel...
Was Ambassador Haqqani implementing the policy or making it?
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Very interesting facts have come out in open since our erstwhile ambassador to the United States, Mr. Husain Haqqani, wrote...
Defeating Terrorism: Pakistan needs new “Road Maps” & a “Visionary Leadership”…?
Afrah Jamal | With the Armed Forces to protect the borders - agencies to safeguard its national interests and weaponry to deter military invasions, Pakistan...
Why Trump is right NATO is “obsolete”
Jacob G. Hornberger| An online dictionary defines “obsolete” as “out of date” and lists such synonyms as outdated, outmoded, and old-fashioned. All right then. What part...
What does banning Immigration say about the US?
The change of Administration in the United States, has led to a state of transformation in Washington’s bilateral relations with many countries. President Donald...
Obama farewell includes forgiveness for Chelsea Manning who leaked information to...
US President Barack Obama has commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning. A former army intelligence operative, Manning was sentenced by court martial in 2013 to 35...
Cold War new norm between India & Pakistan..?
Fahd Humayun | If there is to be a regional policy takeaway from 2016, it is that New Delhi’s apathy for a rapprochement with...
