Can Pakistan’s foreign and security policy be ‘neutral’? on February 7, 2020The speeding process of globalization and the visible shift of economic and political momentum towards (Eur)Asia because of China and its BRI project necessitates a thorough analysis of the course that Pakistani’s foreign policy should take. The term ‘neutrality’ has been used at some occasions regarding Pakistani foreign policy. But neutrality in international relations is […]
Nazi India’s secular hypocrisy on January 31, 2020With a population of about 1.4 billion of which about 80% of Indiansare Hindus, 14% Muslim and 2% Christian,4% follow other religions. Until the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a Hindu nationalist party, assumed power India was among countries with a perception of a high level of tolerance, particularly religious tolerance. Historically India loves to tout […]
Pakistan pavilion at Davos on January 25, 2020Organised since its inception in 1970 the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting at Davos brings together world leaders of government, economy, technology, etc to discuss how globalization is creating global problems and threats that exceed the management abilities of national governments.This year the Annual Meeting 2020 was held from Jan 21 to 24with more […]
The Davos aspirations on January 20, 2020An independent and impartial international organization for public-private cooperation, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) primary objective is to improve the state of the world. It is perhaps the only organization of its kind that does not promote any political, commercial or personal interests and unlike other entities it also does not use the names of […]
UK’s national crime agency and ‘proud Pakistanis’ on December 29, 2019The National Crime Agency leads the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime, protecting the public by targeting and pursuing those criminals who pose the greatest risk to the UK.Founded in 2013 with its Headquarters in London, the NCA is fighting crime; human, weapon and drug trafficking; cybercrime; and economic crime, this includestax evasion […]
Musharraf death sentence — Justice served or denied? on December 20, 2019On December 17th after a long-drawn-out trial former military ruler retired General Musharraf was found “guilty of high treason and sentenced to death” by a three judges bank in a 2:1 split vote. The trial had been initiated for his abrogation of the Constitution of Pakistan and the declaration of a state of emergency as […]
Bangladesh and lebensraum — the aessa concept (Part-II) on December 18, 2019There is a misconception in the world in general and the region in particular about the strength and capabilities of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. As Korea and Vietnam have shown, a land war in Asia depends primarily on the effectiveness of ground troops in their own environment. True, preponderance of Air Force may have a […]
Bangladesh and lebensraum — the aessa concept (Part-I) on December 18, 2019March 26, 1990 Three centuries ago, the area now comprising Bangladesh was renowned as the bread basket of India, multiple increases in population later, Kissinger called Bangladesh an “international basket-case” in the 1970s. Starting from the 1942 food famine, this has been a sorry litany of natural and man-made disasters, the poor Bangladeshis have been […]
Keeping strategic assets secure on December 13, 2019‘Strategic assets’ is a relatively new concept that arose in connection with the fast-forward development of economic globalization in the 20th c. and a new wave of economic cold war that has been leashed by the change in economic power centersmore recently and the reorganization of economic, political and strategic alliances connected with it. By […]
The question of strategic assets on December 11, 2019The economic weapon is among the most powerful assets that any government possesses in protecting national security. Greater scrutiny is accorded to economic transactions involving strategic assets: the US government has enacted laws to protect a wide range of “Strategic Assets”, those include American farmland, airlines, telecommunications, and defence-related corporations from what it considers adverse […]