Ukraine still at cold war on April 14, 2015After the fall of the Berlin Wall, similar events of bitter war resulted in the collapse of communist governments in other East European entities including Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. This peacefully paved the way for the split of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia but, unfortunately, things were not always peaceful in East European […]
The paradox of Taliban peace talks on February 4, 2014Since taking power last June, the PML-N has shown chronic political ambiguity and ambivalence when dealing with the issue of whether to hold talks with or take firm military action against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The PTI can also be put in the same political framework as the PML-N. Both have vacillated on the TTP […]