US-China cold war — causes and consequences on July 30, 2020Tension between the US and China – the top two economies of the world – has sharply escalated reminding many of the 20th century cold war between the former Soviet Union and the US. Citing alleged intellectual property theft and in the name of ensuring security of the its citizens, the US government ordered China […]
Implications of India’s expulsion from Chabahar on July 19, 2020India suffers with a major blow on geo-strategic front as Iran drops her from Chabahar rail project. Under the agreement reached in 2016, India was to lay a railway line from Chabahar to Zahedan. However, India’sdream to extend her influence in Afghanistan via Chabahar seems highly unlikely to materialize. Iran has excluded India due to […]
Indian atrocities in occupied Jammu & Kashmir on July 11, 2020The killing of Bashir Ahmed, a 65-year old man, in front of his three-year old grandson in Sopor district of occupied Kashmir exposes the savagery of the Indian forces and the real brutal face of India that proudly taunts its so-called ‘democratic credentials’. Extremely disturbing images of the innocent child sitting at the chest of […]
Pakistan under mafias on July 1, 2020In a sudden and surprise move, the government notified a record hike in the prices of petroleum products, including petrol and diesel ranging from 27 per cent to 66pc. The per liter price of petrol was raised from 75 to 100.10 rupees while high speed diesel was hiked by more than Rs 21 to reach […]
Indian hegemony and South Asia on June 21, 2020Having concurrent hot borders with three of her neighbors, never before India was exposed so badly as an expansionist and hegemonic state with overt stated objectives of regional dominance. Hindu-supremacist Prime Minister Narendra Modi has several times threatened his neighbors. Modi has categorically said that India’s official policy is to hit her enemies inside their […]
Why the US-Taliban deal is in jeopardy? on March 6, 2020The U.S. and the Taliban have struck a peace deal at the Qatari capital Doha. Zalmay Khalilzad – the special U.S. representative for Afghan reconciliation and Mulla Abdul Ghani Brother- Taliban’s political chief- signed the peace deal. As per the deal: a) the U.S. and NATO forces will completely withdraw from Afghanistan within fourteen months […]
What next after ceasefire in northern Syria? on October 22, 2019After Pence-Erdogan hours-long meeting at Ankara on Thursday, Turkey agreed to halt its incursion against the Kurdish-lead Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)for five days. Washington and Ankara agreed on a thirty two kilometers safe zone deep into Syriaunder latter’s supervision. The People’s Protections Units (YPG) – the Kurdish primary component of the SDF – would evacuate […]
An overview of Turkey’s operation peace spring on October 16, 2019President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s military offensive, dubbed the Operation Peace Spring, in the northeastern Syria against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been continuing in full swing. The YPG-an extension of a US and Turkey-designated terror group, PKK-was rebranded as the SDFin 2015 by the US in northern Syria. The US trained, armed and […]
Trump and Rohani speak at the UN General Assembly on September 28, 2019Although Donald Trump has always been very unpredictable, his speech at the UNGA suggests he doesn’t seem to be interested in embarking on a new military confrontation in the Middle East. Trump said that the US didn’t seek war with any country, nor it wanted to indulge in new useless wars. According to Trump, it […]
What is happening in Indian Occupied Kashmir? on August 5, 2019A flurry of developments in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) during the past week has not just triggered panic and rumours among the locals but brought the historic dispute of Kashmir into lime-light. None else but Modi 2.0 is responsible for bringing the issue of Kashmir to lime-light that had gone to back-burner. Pro-India politicians like […]