China’s rise remains peaceful on April 27, 2018Why did US President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy declare China to be an opponent and a challenger? Why is China, apart from its growing global influence and military power, still exhibiting strategic restraint when it comes to its historical rivals? Political analysts and strategists primarily from the West expect some backlash from China — […]
Imran Khan’s strategy, doctrine and tactics on March 21, 2018Colin S. Gray defined strategy in the simplest form by arguing it to be ‘the bridge between policy and objectives’. Similarly, Sir Julian Corbett declared ‘doctrine to be the soul of warfare’. Likewise, tactics are ‘how to do things’ in the pursuit of fulfilling the strategy. A few believe the strategy to be limited only […]
Why was Gandhi assassinated? on March 12, 2018Why did Nathuram Godse – a fundamentalist Hindu – kill Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi – the founder of the Republic of India – on 30 January 1948? What were the variables which influenced Godse to take the life of a man whom Indians called “Bapu” (the father)? Does Gandhi’s morality and being a realistic person were […]
#KashmirMatters on March 7, 2018On 5 February 2018, a remarkable event was held at the Presidency, Islamabad to commemorate Kashmir Solidarity Day. The chief guest of the event was His Excellency President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr Mamnoon Hussain and was organised by SASSI University, Islamabad. The event was attended by HE the President of Azad Jammu […]
Unholy matrimony on March 3, 2018Why did the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan hide his marriage for the second time? If journalist Umar Cheema was wrong about Imran’s marriage, then why didn’t PTI launch a spatter and barrage of bicker against him? Imran has always emphasised moral and social values. There is nothing wrong in marrying. Imran has […]
Pakistan’s new war strategy on February 26, 2018What is Pakistan’s New Concept of War Fighting (NCWF)? Why and how is it a conventional response to Indian Cold Start Doctrine (CSD)? The conventional doctrinal destabilisation caused by India in 2004 in the form of CSD had to meet a response in the form of NCWF of Pakistan. With former Pakistan Army Chief General […]
NA-154 Lodhran: victory, verdict, vague or vain on February 20, 2018The by-elections held at NA-154 gave us an example of what hereditary politics look like. Though dynastic politics has always been there, PTI being part of it was quite ironic. Why Jahangir Tareen’s son Ali Tareen was defeated by a considerable margin in his hometown? What were the possible factors which acted as a catalyst […]
Kim Jong Un’s sister actually stole the show on February 15, 2018Why has American failed to send its rival North Korea back to the Stone Age? Why the US does not want a normalised mutual relation between the South and North Korea? What compelled US president Trump to seek China’s help in minimising the so-called North Korean threat? Why the American media seems agitated over the […]
What is KKK and white nationalism? on February 8, 2018The United States, apart from its liberal and secular rhetoric, has been in a complete state of domestic violence since the American civil war from 1861-1865. The battle was fought between the United States of America led by President Abraham Lincoln and the Confederate States of America led by President Jefferson Davis. Similarly, the US […]
Who killed Lt Gen Valery Asapov? on February 1, 2018Who and why killed Russian Army Lt Gen Valery Asapov? Who are the possible beneficiaries of Asapov’s death? Who provided Daesh/ISIS fighters the necessary intelligence about Asapov’s precise whereabouts? How Gen Gerasimov and Lt Gen Asapov asserted Russia in Syria? There is no doubt that Russian Military Forces have successfully asserted their selves in Syria […]