President Obama has announced the draw down schedule of American troops from Afghanistan. Eighteen months ago, he was misled by his generals into a massive troop surge that he personally didn’t fully support. He has now re-shuffled his war and diplomatic teams to lead the path of de-escalation. However, America and its ISAF/NATO paraphernalia appear…
In the recently held elections, Turkish Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) has once again won the hearts and minds of the voters and scored a tremendous third consecutive electoral victory. The results showed AKP won 49.9 percent, or 326 seats, just below the 330 required for a plebiscite. The voters marked AKP’s biggest…
Towards the fag end of his unenviable military career, a representative of the Bush legacy Admiral Mike Mullen was recently overwhelmed by pre-retirement syndrome and though it fit to assume the title of supreme commander of the Pakistani armed forces while declaring it to the American media that Pakistan is about to launch an offensive…
New Socio-Economic, Geo-Political and Geo-Strategic Dimensions Pak-China friendship higher than mountains, deeper than oceans (President Asif All Zardari) The recent visit of the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has given a new strategic direction to Pak-China alliance. During his three day official visit from December 17-19 both the countries signed 17 agreements, four MoUs and…
