Muhammad Ali Baig

Muhammad Ali Baig

The writer is a freelance columnist based in Islamabad and can be reached at [email protected]

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The trailer of Cold Start DoctrineColumns

The trailer of Cold Start Doctrine

More to come?Why did Pakistan not or perhaps could not shoot down Indian air force intruders on the night of February 26, 2019? I am among those scholars and strategists who are constantly war

Mar 8, 2019
Asia-Pacific — The coming warColumns

Asia-Pacific — The coming war

Is Napoleon’s ‘sleeping giant’ about to be stirred? What were the intervening variables which drove the United States to transfer a large chunk of its military forces from the Middle East to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/18/asia-pacific-the-coming-war/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Oct 18, 2018
What is the Gerasimov Doctrine?Columns

What is the Gerasimov Doctrine?

And how it influences Putin’s world outlook What is the Gerasimov Doctrine and how has it affected and is still shaping Russian Military thinking? What are the geopolitical, geographic and geostrategic ramifications<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/09/what-is-the-gerasimov-doctrine/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 9, 2018
The beginning of Chinese ExceptionalismColumns

The beginning of Chinese Exceptionalism

Internal realist and external liberal orientation In the contemporary world, a clear transition of power – at least in economic terms – can be observed with China being at the receiving end.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/08/15/the-beginning-of-chinese-exceptionalism/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 15, 2018
Putin & TrumpColumns

Putin & Trump

The BromanceWhy do Russian President Putin and American President Trump seem to be friends instead of it being the other way around? Why does Trump seek reinstatement of Russia in G-7 while making

Jul 29, 2018
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Why Nawaz is on the offensive

The clash of institutionsFire and fury. War of the words. Salvo of political statements. Barrage of allegations. These are among the many situations people of Pakistan have been witnessing sin

Mar 10, 2018
Questions Imran’s marriages raiseColumns

Questions Imran’s marriages raise

Especially the secrecyWhy did chief of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan conceal his marriage for the second time? If journalist Umar Cheema was wrong about Imran’s marriage then why

Feb 28, 2018
Battle of NA-154 LodhranColumns

Battle of NA-154 Lodhran

Hereditary politics is a common problem in developing countriesWasn’t the NA-154 by-election was a true example of hereditary politics prevailing in Pakistani politics? Why was Jahangir Tare

Feb 20, 2018
Two & A Half Front WarColumns

Two & A Half Front War

Bipin Rawat is daydreaming of taking on China and Pakistan while ignoring growing extremism in IndiaWhat is Indian Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat’s concept of ‘Two & A Half Front War’? Are

Jan 7, 2018
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The Trump doctrine

Is there such a thing?  On 21 July 2017, Foreign Policy magazine published an article by the title ‘There is No Trump Doctrine, and There Will Never Be One’. It might be co

Sep 17, 2017
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Neither Sadiq nor Amin

Finding the right credentialsHypothetically, if we ask ourselves in an honest and righteous manner, that whether we lied or deceived anyone ever? Then without a slightest doubt; our answer would b

Sep 4, 2017