Barry buzan and his books were all about security. He is famous for his theories of securitisation but actually his biggest contribution through his publications is to establish a link between the security and the logic of anarchy. The logic of anarchy is the key to study the security in its multifaceted forms. All anarchies […]
Indian strategic atrophy and the olive tree
Mr Modi since last few months is trying to rewrite the Tibetan book of living and dying. He is suffering from directional delusion as far as dealing with Pakistan is concerned. Sense of grandeur is converting into paranoia, especially, when, one after the other every assertion made by the tea boy ended up as fake […]
INDO-PAK TIFF AND THE COMIC WRITER
Creativity , imagination, interpersonal skills and manual dexterity are the qualities of a good comic writer. Interestingly same attributes are required by a leader to create a narrative of a nation. So all leaders are comic writers and all narratives are political comics(at least till the history shove them aside). Unfortunately if a leader is […]
Statecraft in times of peanut allergies
Two acronyms are very popular these days, DIY (do it yourself) and IYI (intellectual yet idiot). IYI is offensive in nature yet applicable, though sparingly. Cognitive illusions are everywhere, getting pronounced with every passing day. Era of deep fakes, fake news and the post truth is resulting into a healthy harvest of IYIs .This term […]
Neurochemistry of a nation
The most blatantly used (misused) word during all times is strategy, strategic or strategically strategic. From Peloponnesian war till geographical limits of Afghanistan, tactics and strategy is cited as the reason of success or failure. Another word which is part of haute couture of all the ivy tower academicians is the spirituality. The western drawing […]
Global nuclear order and its metaphors
1960s the west was famous for two things, one the literary craze of mills and boons and the Dr Strangelove. Both were radiated responses. One was closer to feminism the other to the nuclear machismo. Even cold war was not so cold in normal exchanges between the states. Comes the 21st century and everyone become […]
Blind men and an Elephant
There was a town in which all the inhabitants were unfortunately blind. There a stray elephant came from the jungle, as the people could not see, so everybody defined elephant by touching some part of its body, there were uncountable definitions, unmeasureable interpretations, but not even one person could name the elephant. Such is the […]
Political economy of the state
There was a time when leisure used to be taken as the status symbol for the elites, now crazy busy is buzz word for this new fuzz. Even states seem to be gyrating in the crazy busy whirlpool. The business of state is the direct result of politics or the economics, thus political economy is […]
1947 to 2047 – a journey in twilight
McCarthyism is the practice and the art of making accusations of treason without any evidence. Pakistan is in the whirlpool of easterly, westerly, gusty winds and the local Chinooks. McCarthyism at play everywhere. Most of the developed and developing countries entered 21st century around 2008, initial eight years were the lining up of thoughts ,ideas […]
Political Warfare and the Statecraft
Red rover, red rover let tommy come over. This is the call to draw battle lines of new sports which is taking over the world. Kabbadi a game originated in areas now in Pakistan, is becoming a brand new icon of Indian identity all over the globe, like many things Indian, yoga, basmati rice and […]