War of sanctuaries
The latest spate of deadly violence and the military’s punitive strikes on terrorist camps across the Durand Line has caused tensions between Kabul and Islamabad to escalate. This time, matters…
Cheering crowds and angry bulls
It is a given that public rallies and milling crowds don’t always reflect democratic fervour. Iran and Turkey are great exponents at staging rallies but it is questionable if these…
Policy imperatives on Kashmir
The recent uprising in Indian-Held Kashmir did stimulate an assertive response in Pakistan on Kashmir but it is largely based on political and diplomatic activism and not on the sound…
The rise of China
When in late 1970s and mid 1980s Deng Xiaoping while making a reverse of Chairman Mao's extreme 'Revolutionary' policies and turning China towards an economic path no one could imagine…
Retracing history
Bahukutumbi Raman, a former spy master at the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – India’s premier Indian spy agency created with a special focus on Pakistan – in his book,…
Modi’s ‘isolate Pakistan’ mission
The way he is going India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a lifelong activist of the Hindu extremist organisation, RSS, reminds one of what the late Indian journalist, Praful Bidwai, had…
Flag-waving patriotism rare in Belgium despite attacks
Tough talk and flag-waving patriotism have been rare in Belgium in the wake of this week's terror attacks, the worst to strike the divided nation at the symbolic heart of…
After the ‘surgical strike’
Did they or didn't they do it? The questions first started to be asked in Pakistan, and gradually in India too after last Wednesday night's purported 'surgical strike' in Azad…
Fifteen years after 9/11, America in perpetual war
The 9/11 attacks of 2001 forever changed America and upended its foreign and national security policy, leaving the country for the past 15 years in a war against jihadists -…
The Greatest
The Thrilla In Manila – the third and final fight of the Mohammad Ali vs Joe Frazier rivalry – was the greatest boxing match I’ve ever seen. It was also…
