Pakistan on the Boil: A Victim of China-US Rivalry
Pakistan has been on the boil lately rocked by a spate of crises. What has been behind the recent internal crisis in Pakistan? Sherlock Holmes would have answered thus, “It […]
Tag: China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
Relevance of the Dependency Theory in the Present Context
The end of the Second World War brought about a paradigm shift in global politics. One of the defining changes that this epochal event brought about was the decolonization and […]
An Approach to the Af-Pak Region
The Af-Pak region has come into focus with the US-Taliban Deal. It is the start to the impending reduction and eventual exit of US forces from the region. This deal […]
The Virus Beyond Corona
The Corona Virus is dominating international headlines as it rightly should. However, India is grappling with another virus – the US/Taliban deal. Both these viruses have a bearing on the […]
Sino-Pak Navies Exercise in Arabian Sea Deploying Submarines for First Time
Beijing: Chinese and Pakistan navies, who are currently holding a nine-day exercise in the Arabian Sea, have for the first time deployed submarines to enhance their all weather strategic partnership […]
Frontlines, Faultlines and Battlegrounds of Pakistan
Frontline- Faultline-Battleground The post WW2 British colonial collapse left the ‘Great Game’ Imperialists with a quandary. How to stem the spread of communism of Soviet Russia? How […]
A Jade Necklace for China
Reality Beyond the Summit With President Xi Jinping in Mamallapuram for an informal Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi it is time to take a realistic look at the Sino-Indian […]
The Jihad Of U Turn Khan
Any resemblance to living beings is intentional I am back from a great US trip! Everyone in Packistan loves me after my incisive short speech at the UNGA. I could […]
Leadership By U Turn
I was popularly known as Taliban Khan. I used to be very critical of Americans and their Af-Pak Policy. I felt that we were becoming a Chinese colony due to […]
Going Alone – The New Pakistani Way of Fighting India
Gen Mattis got it right on the count that Pakistan views all geopolitics through its prism of its hostility towards India. However, I think he missed the mark on the […]
The Road Beyond 370
Preamble Abrogation of Article 370 has evoked national level discussion. The public debate has been of the history and at best the present. The valley has been shut down and […]
Countering The Oncoming Chinese Onslaught
The second BRI Forum was recently held at Beijing (25-27 Apr 2019). In the first Forum, grandiose plans were announced and BRI took off like a tornado and suffered hiccups. […]
