Ilhan is right on Israeli influence in US politics on April 27, 2019For decades, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a restrained subject in the American politics. In United States, any voices criticizing the Jewish state for its treatment of Palestinians get branded anti-Semitic, vigorously criticized and socially marginalized. Freshman Rep Ilhan Omar is one of the loud voices critical of Israeli influence in US politics and Israel’s clamp […]
Islamabad glues Beijing-Riyadh ties on April 12, 2019On March 28, Secretary Perry of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued thirty-seven Part 810 authorizations to the U.S. companies, including seven to Saudi Arabia, allowing them to export unclassified civilian nuclear technology to 16 countries. The DOE statement profoundly contested Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette’s remarks in February, which opined that the U.S. […]
Domestic arms acquisition bankrolls arms industry on March 25, 2019The United States, Russia, France, Germany, and China, were the largest exporters of major arms in 2014-18, accounting for more than 75% of global arms transfers – said SIPRI, an international independent arms research institute. Incidentally, the same five countries are also the permanent members of United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which is primarily responsible […]
Rafale will make no difference to India’s lackluster military capability on March 6, 2019Following India’s embarrassing excursion into Pakistani airspace last week, that resulted in two Indian jets being shot down by the Pakistan Air Force(PAF), Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi said during a speech that if the Indian Air Force (IAF) had Rafale jets, the results would have been different. These remarks came nearly three months after […]
Changing global geopolitical dynamics on March 1, 2019Trump recently roasted United States (US) Intelligence Chiefs – calling them “extremely passive and naive” – on their remarks on dangers from Iran and advised that “perhaps intelligence should go back to school”. Earlier, a US intelligence team appeared before the US Senate and briefed the panel on global threats to US national security – […]
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, and Russia: a new strategic and economic bloc on February 25, 2019With Chinese help, Pakistan has succeeded in expanding its military industrial base – which is also a core Saudi initiative under Vision 2030 Saudi Arabia has been one of the United States’ closest allies for years, but some recent tiffs seem to have disrupted bilateral relations. Excessive regulations on nuclear technology transfer by the US […]
Indo-US hybrid war against Sino-Pakistan on February 21, 2019If there is one country that has truly threatened the decades-old global US dominance across all disciplines, it is China. Over the past twenty years, China has grown into a formidable economic powerhouse as well as making some stunning strides in the areas of military, space, and technological advancements. Being the world’s largest populated country […]