Tectonic shifts and nuclear balance on July 14, 2011The culmination of events in the last few weeks owes its origins to events beginning a decade back and in nuclear chronology since May 1998. In this time period a lot has taken place, cumulatively, to Pakistan’s disadvantage including an estimated £ 27 billion loss due to floods. The strategic effects on Pakistan including its […]
Art of nuclear diplomacy on June 30, 2011Former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei’s has released his book, The Age of Deception. It is an insider’s account on all major fronts against nuclear proliferation in the last decade. He actively opposed the US going to war in Iraq, also opposed American inclination to attack Iran on account […]
Ahmedinejads statement on June 16, 2011“We have precise information that America wants to sabotage Pakistan’s nuclear facilities in order to control Pakistan and to weaken the government and the people of Pakistan,” the President of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated in a press conference in Tehran on June 7. Ahmadinejad who leads the ‘Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran’, a […]
Captive court on June 2, 2011‘Awaam ki adalat’ (citizen’s court), a fiery talk show aired on May 29, passed the verdict that Pakistan should end its alliance with the US against the war on terror. It comprised of a host with a mission, a hall full of clapping youngsters and the case advocated by at least two other talk-show hosts […]
Fukushima and beyond on May 12, 2011Awkward as it is, some benevolent thinkers and anti-nuclear peace activists seem to have gotten rather carried away by the tragedy in Japan. They expected Fukushima to win where even Hiroshima remained futile: to be that dent in history, which changes thinking on nuclear ‘power’ and all its associated risks in favour of nuclear disarmament. […]