Kashmir paradox: Saber-rattling or peace negotiations? on August 25, 2019In a strange twist of events, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India looks more enthusiastic about negotiating the Kashmir dispute than Pakistan. Prime Minister Imran Khan now says negotiations will not be fruitful under the current circumstances. It was the other way around until recently. Analysing the recent events can lead us to my calculated […]
News media as warmongering machines on March 8, 2019Corporate media all over the world tends to be more balanced when it covers news within national boundaries. When it comes to international coverage, however, more often it follows popular and mainstream ideological positions. This biased media coverage further contributes to interstate and international conflicts. Mass media, knowingly or unknowingly, developsa warmongering hysteria among the […]
Now you see it, now you don’t: peace talks between India and Pakistan on September 24, 2018Peace between the two South Asian neighbours was on everyone’s mind when Prime Minister Imran Khan recently sent a letter to his Indian counterpart proposing a meeting between their foreign ministers. Only one day after accepting the invitation, however, the Indian government cancelled the meeting citing Pakistan’s recent killings of its security personnel and issuing […]
New wine in old bottles on September 20, 2014It sounds like déjà vu. President Obama, who has been a profound critic of his predecessor president George W Bush’s policies of using military force against other countries, has recently announced going after the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a new militant organisation in the Middle East. There is a difference, however, this […]