Articles – Analyses

India’s policy of extending a hand of friendship and accommodation has been a total failure. On the contrary, it has emboldened Pakistan into considering India to be a soft state and increased its intransigence and hardened its anti-India attitude. How to deal with an unreasonable and hostile neighbour continues to […]

India/Pakistan – Dealing with Pakistan: Time to Face Realities

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 24. April 2012 von Team GlobDef

Pakistan’s description as the fulcrum of Asia is most eminent, as it is located at the junction of South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia and China. Since its inception Pakistan has been traumatised by the weakness and bitter rivalry between its state institutions. Its leaders invariably have relied on external […]

Pakistan: The New Script

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 24. April 2012 von Team GlobDef

Turkey’s besting Iran in the contest for the hearts and minds of advocates of change in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa is proving to be both a blessing and a curse. With tension mounting over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the perceived window of opportunity for […]

Turkey and Tehran: Caught between a rock and a hard ...

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 19. April 2012 von Team GlobDef

A refusal by Spanish commercial television stations to bid at current rates for rights to broadcast next season’s top league Spanish soccer matches creates an opportunity for the Qatar-owned Al Jazeera network to advance its push into Europe and to become the world’s premier global broadcaster.

Spain’s economic crisis creates opportunity for Al Jazeera

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 16. April 2012 von Team GlobDef

The three A’s that dominate the destiny of Pakistan are the Army, Allah and America – not necessarily in that order. Today the power play in Pakistan is between the declining Super Power of the USA and the rising power of China. In looking too closely at the tactical level […]

Pakistan – Civil Military Relations in Pakistan

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 16. April 2012 von Team GlobDef

Gen Chakravorty talks of Synergy and Jointness in the Indian context. He cites extensively, examples from recent global history. We must look at the American and the UK experience of integrating their armed forces. The first step is the issue of Defence Policy Guideline. The US Secretary of Defence issues […]

India – Jointness For The Armed Forces – Indian Perspective

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 16. April 2012 von Team GlobDef

Increasingly strained relations between Iran and oil-rich Arab Gulf states spilled on to the soccer pitch this weekend with the United Arab Emirates cancelling a friendly match against the Islamic republic and recalling its ambassador in Tehran.

Iran/UAE – UAE cancels soccer match amid mounting tension with ...

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 16. April 2012 von Team GlobDef

Synopsis The struggle by Syrian opposition forces to topple the Assad regime is sharpening tensions between Iran and Qatar and threatens sectarian fault lines elsewhere in North Africa and Middle East. Qatar increasingly becomes a potential target for retaliation should the US and/or Israel attack Iranian nuclear facilities.

Iran/Qatar – The struggle for Syria: Iran-Qatar Ties Come under ...

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 4. April 2012 von Team GlobDef

Little did Vodafone’s Egypt unit know what it was bargaining for when it inked a three-year $9 million sponsorship deal with Al Ahly SC, Egypt and Africa’s most crowned soccer club, whose militant supporters were in the forefront of the popular uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak and have since […]

Egypt – Collaboration with Mubarak costs Vodafone soccer sponsorship and ...

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 27. März 2012 von Team GlobDef

Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud has approved plans for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom to send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time at the London Games in a move that counters fears that he would be a less progressive ruler than ailing King Abdullah, according […]

Saudi Arabia – Conservative Saudi crown prince endorses female participation ...

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 22. März 2012 von Team GlobDef

Delegates to a high-powered international sports security conference had a glimpse this week of Qatar’s internal debate about how far the Gulf state should go in meeting Western and world soccer body FIFA demands that offend conservative segments of Qatari society and the royal family.

Qatar – Alcohol debate shines light on divisions in Qatari ...

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 16. März 2012 von Team GlobDef

A highly cerebral former Vice Chief of the Army reflects upon the recent introduction of Nasr Tactical Nuclear Missiles by the Pak Army. He feels this constitutes a paradigm shift which calls for a rethinking of our nuclear and conventional warfighting Doctrines. Pakistan has enough land based missiles to carry […]

India – India’s Nuclear Dilemma

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 13. März 2012 von Team GlobDef

The status of India and Pakistan as declared nuclear powers with growing nuclear arsenals has raised the risks of a nuclear exchange between them, if the two countries engage in a large military conflict. The political leadership in both countries does not seem to have fully grasped the implications of […]

Asia – Limited War and Escalation in South Asia

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 12. März 2012 von Team GlobDef

A row in the US Congress over Pentagon spending on a soccer pitch for suspected terrorists incarcerated in Guantanamo focuses attention on the importance of the beautiful game to both the militants and their counter-terrorist detractors.

Guantanamo – Soccer in Guantanamo – a duel between Republicans ...

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 6. März 2012 von Team GlobDef

An excellent civilian perspective on the aspect of Limited wars against a Nuclear backdrop. India is perhaps the only country that faces the challenges arising from having two nuclear neighbours, who closely cooperate with each others’ nuclear programmes and who maintain adversarial relations with her. A nuclear-weapon enabled terrorist threat […]

India – Nuclear neighbourhood: Challenges for India

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 5. März 2012 von Team GlobDef

When we consider the nature of wars in South Asia, which includes China’s border with South Asian nations, at the outset, two important facts need to be noted. Geopolitically, armed conflicts and wars around the world are gradually moving down the paradigm scale of intensity and inclusivity. People do not […]

Asia – Limited Wars in South Asia: Against the Nuclear ...

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 5. März 2012 von Team GlobDef

International human rights group Human Rights Watch has accused Saudi Arabia of kowtowing to assertions by the country’s powerful conservative Muslim clerics that female sports constitute „steps of the devil“ that will encourage immorality and reduce women’s chances of meeting the requirements for marriage.

Saudi Arabia – Human Rights Watch condemns Saudi restriction of ...

Dieser Eintrag wurde veröffentlicht unter Articles - Analyses am 17. Februar 2012 von Team GlobDef

Abdelbasset Saroot’s promising future as a goalkeeper dims as Syrian forces encroach ever more on opposition strongholds in the battered city of Homs. A 20-year old player for Syria’s national Under-23 team, soccer is for now the last thing on Mr. Saroot’s mind. A singer of revolutionary folk songs and […]

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Articles – Analyses

India/Pakistan – Dealing with Pakistan: Time to Face Realities

Pakistan: The New Script

Turkey and Tehran: Caught between a rock and a hard ...

Spain’s economic crisis creates opportunity for Al Jazeera

Pakistan – Civil Military Relations in Pakistan

India – Jointness For The Armed Forces – Indian Perspective

Iran/UAE – UAE cancels soccer match amid mounting tension with ...

Iran/Qatar – The struggle for Syria: Iran-Qatar Ties Come under ...

Egypt – Collaboration with Mubarak costs Vodafone soccer sponsorship and ...

Saudi Arabia – Conservative Saudi crown prince endorses female participation ...

Qatar – Alcohol debate shines light on divisions in Qatari ...

India – India’s Nuclear Dilemma

Asia – Limited War and Escalation in South Asia

Guantanamo – Soccer in Guantanamo – a duel between Republicans ...

India – Nuclear neighbourhood: Challenges for India

Asia – Limited Wars in South Asia: Against the Nuclear ...

Saudi Arabia – Human Rights Watch condemns Saudi restriction of ...

Syria – Crooning goalkeeper leads Homs protests

China – Dong Feng 21-D: A Game Changer?

India – Rising Power, Growing Responsibilities – Building India’s 2020 ...