The Belfour Declaration
A Centennial Assessment In 1917, the British government approved the public declaration of its sympathy for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people,” at the time an…
What is the future of modern Westphalia?
Abiding lessons of history Westphalia is a little-known town in north-west Germany, which earned unparalleled fame in 1648 as the venue of a Treaty signed among the countries who were fighting a…
Vagaries of consciousness
US Senate hearings echo concerns on Pakistan President Trump has finally begun to make appointments against a large number of important offices both in the Departments of State (DOS) and Defense (DOD).…
Building Frenzy against Pakistan
The video interview begins: “..No, Pakistan is mad, we know that already…. What is there to cry about, we have to teach it a lesson, the lesson to teach is that earlier…
Fanning Indian hubris
Pakistan has no interest in subverting Indian ascendency. But India does need to live up to the words of its first premier Jawaharlal Nehru and its commitments to the United Nations…
America’s aggressive designs have economic implications
However, designation as a state sponsor of terrorism would create a break in relations between the two countries that may not be easily repaired. Through the ebbs and flows of that…
Trump’s unlimited war in Afghanistan
Given the fate of a much bigger surge back in 2009 by President Obama, analysts believe that the exercise would amount to nothing more than the old strategy of ‘don’t lose’. …
America: a nation divided on Afghanistan
…and old men in suits playing with young lives “Senator McCain should take the high ground of bringing the conflict to an end. He is misrepresenting the US objective in Afghanistan.”…
US Afghan Policy Mired in Internal Feuds
Trump Administration has so far failed to finalise its much-awaited new Afghan Policy because of internal discord. Even though the President had authorised the defense secretary (retired) general Mattis to deploy more…
Building frenzy against Pakistan
“And perhaps we’ve grown so used to horror we assume there’s no other way.” Clearly, the aim of the recent interview is to create frenzy about Pakistan just as the administration is…
Pakistan and the emerging environment
Caution: men at work “President Trump welcomed further Indian contributions to promote Afghanistan’s democracy, stability, prosperity, and security. Recognising the importance of their respective strategic partnerships with Afghanistan, the leaders committed to…
More troops to Afghanistan
This would not end conflict As spring heralds in Afghanistan so do peoples’ yearning for talking peace. This cyclical process has gone on for the most part since Afghan War started in…
Fake news: A social curse
Fake News is as old as the moment when man learnt to misrepresent his speech and actions. The first carrier of Fake News, however, as stated in Holy Scriptures, was Satan,…