Thursday, March 13, 2025

Coalitions of Convenience

Immersed in turmoil for various reasons ever since the Arab Spring started with Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation in Tunisia on Dec 18, 2010, separating the...

The Republic of Uzbekistan Presidential Elections 2015

Economic sustainability and political stability were the two main issues in the recently held presidential elections 2015 in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The voters...

Pakistan’s Necessity for Nuclear Electricity

Along Karachi’s coast the construction of two additional 1,100 MW generation III AP 1000 nuclear power plants (KANUPP II & III) is under way....

Pakistan’s Yemen Decision

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif must be extremely relieved that Pakistan’s parliament voted unanimously on Friday 10 April not to send troops in support of...

Brotherhood of Boyhood

“What has to be done for the country has to be done”. Major General Naseerullah Khan Babar In 1922, Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military...

An Old Soldier Remembers

IntroductionSeventy years ago I had joined 7/2 Punjab Regt (now part of the Indian Army) in Arakan (Burma). This was a newly raised battalion...

The Zionist Plan for the Greater Israel by dividing Middle East: Oded Yinon Plan

IntroductionWhile turmoil and anarchy in the Middle East can be attributed to the disunity among Arabs, the possibility of execution of well known Zionist...

Pak-Azerbaijan Bilateral Relations through greater Economic Integration

On the invitation of Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan, President Mamnoon Hussain visited Azerbaijan in March this year. In order to further deepen bilateral...

The Enemy Within

Over the last few decades Pakistan has gone through a major paradigm shift, both within its strategic placement within the region and with its...

Nuclear Weapons Balance Sheet

The Race towards NuclearizationPakistan’s quest for attaining nuclear weapons was solely driven by India. When ‘Buddha smiled’ in the Indian Pokhran in 1974, achieving...