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 andWeiterlesen…
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Pakistan: The New Script
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 theWeiterlesen…
Turkey and Tehran: Caught between a rock and a hard place
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 aWeiterlesen…
Spain’s economic crisis creates opportunity for Al Jazeera
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 itsWeiterlesen…
Pakistan — Civil Military Relations in Pakistan
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 theWeiterlesen…
India — Jointness For The Armed Forces — Indian Perspective
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. TheWeiterlesen…
Iran/UAE — UAE cancels soccer match amid mounting tension with Iran
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 ambassadorWeiterlesen…
Iran/Qatar — The struggle for Syria: Iran-Qatar Ties Come under Stress
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 aWeiterlesen…
Egypt — Collaboration with Mubarak costs Vodafone soccer sponsorship and fans
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 wereWeiterlesen…
Saudi Arabia — Conservative Saudi crown prince endorses female participation in Olympics
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 thatWeiterlesen…
Qatar — Alcohol debate shines light on divisions in Qatari society
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 thatWeiterlesen…
India — India’s Nuclear Dilemma
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 rethinkingWeiterlesen…
Asia — Limited War and Escalation in South Asia
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. TheWeiterlesen…
Guantanamo — Soccer in Guantanamo – a duel between Republicans and Democrats
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-terroristWeiterlesen…
India — Nuclear neighbourhood: Challenges for India
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 eachWeiterlesen…
Asia — Limited Wars in South Asia: Against the Nuclear Backdrop
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 theWeiterlesen…
Saudi Arabia — Human Rights Watch condemns Saudi restriction of women’s sports
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 andWeiterlesen…
Syria — Crooning goalkeeper leads Homs protests
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 forWeiterlesen…
China — Dong Feng 21‑D: A Game Changer?
The era of the mighty Battleships became history during the Second World War with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. The US became the foremost protagonist of the Carrier Battle Group (CBG) as the primeWeiterlesen…
India — Rising Power, Growing Responsibilities — Building India’s 2020 Navy
The Indian Navy has been very fortunate to have had visionary leaders. From a minor littoral force of hand-me-down frigates, sloops and craft at independence, the Navy has now emerged as the fifth largest navalWeiterlesen…