Is Modi using Israel’s tricks?
The policies and strategies employed by the Indian government and the ruling BJP in the recent past to suppress minorities, especially the Muslim community, have a remarkable similarity to what…
Emergence of new global currency
As the sun was settling down on the British Empire, the US was flexing its economic and arsenal might to get crowned as the next Superpower by replacing Britain. With…
Afghanistan
Like the 49 landlocked countries (including five partially recognised states) of the World, Afghanistan also relies mostly on transit trade through neighbouring countries. It mostly conducts trade through land routes…
Blaming Russia
Anti-Russian bias seems to be inherent in the Western psyche, and a torrent of criticism recently unleashed against Moscow proves this. The bogey of ‘irredentist Russia’ is almost all over…
Tax havens and double standards—II
Developing countries lose on all counts due to the prevalence of this system. This has been described with reference to Pakistan as under: Illustration B: Mr B has US dollars…
Invisible hybrid warfare
The best wars are those that are not wars but destroy the enemy. In today's world of information highways, conventional industries and strategies are on their way out. Competition has…
Kleptocracy, hypocrisy, yet democracy
Not again. Corruption, corruption, corruption. Doesn’t he have any other topic? It is just a cover-up for incompetence. The economy will never grow if people are afraid of being caught.…
The lawfare trap
We all know how nations conquer. Yes, though war – which conjures up images of machine gun fire, tanks, fighter jets, exploding bombs and devastated cities. Would you not be…
Kashmir solidarity
Exactly two years ago, the Modi government abolished Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian constitution to remove the special status of Indian Occupied Kashmir. The government of Pakistan not…
Punishing the conscientious
In this world of narrow nationalism and blind patriotism, it is difficult to follow the dictates of one’s conscience. Most people are influenced by state propaganda and the rhetoric of…
