Good sense has prevailed and an imminent catastrophe has receded. In a written statement issued on August 30, Geert Wilders announced “not to let the cartoon contest go ahead.” The contest was to be held at the tightly guarded offices of his Party for Freedom in the Dutch parliament building. Meanwhile, the Netherlands government had…
The ongoing US-Turkey Trade War is the classic example of “power politics” where national interests are on top priority. US being a superpower and center of international gravity tries its best to use so-called ‘economic sanctions‘ to contain Turkey in the region, Middle East, South Caucasus, Central Asia and of course Asia. Emerging socio-economic, geo-political…
Winners and losers of Elections 2018 have kept up the national tradition, whereby the winners praise the elections while losers reject it. Participation in the elections was enormous, and nationwide. According to Election Commission of Pakistan, voter turnout was over 55.8 percent while over 47 percent women also cast their ballot. For the 272 general…
Pakistan-China friendship has recently witnessed another development in the field of space research. The two governments agreed to extend their friendship in the space and globally announced the actual strength of their decades-old friendship. A new dimension in the field of space technology added to the Pak-China friendship when Beijing launched two satellites for Pakistan…
Turkmenistan maintains its neutral status since its independence. Its neutrality is basis of its foreign policy. In the 21st century concept of neutrality is based on national interests. It shapes foreign policy, it formulates national security policy, cares about sovereignty and national dignity and preserves political stability and promotes economic self-reliance. Diversified Dividends Turkmenistan’s neutral…
My recently published book, In the Ring and on its Feet – PAF in the 1971 Indo-Pak War, was commented upon by a former Chief of Staff of the Indian Navy a couple of months ago, in an article on an Indian web portal ‘The Print’. Though Admiral Arun Prakash was the Chief of Naval…
Introduction People with little knowledge of Islam and malice make efforts to misguide the people by twisting the scripture. Stephen Blanton is one of such Islamophobes who has drawn a fallacious comparison titled: “COMPARE CHRISTIANITY TO ISLAM” at his website with his name. It is prudent to unveil the reality for the benefit of people…
First article in this series What the hell are all these about!For years, one has heard the words doctrine, policy and strategy bandied about in the English press as well as the vernacular media. Row upon rows of politicians, bureaucrats, commentators, news anchors and seasoned journalists have used these words interchangeably to fit their need…
East Asia exhibits a vast seascape rather than landscape by most of Asian, African and European states. Except for Laos and Thailand, all other states in East Asia have sea openings; in fact majority of them are islands as well as archipelagoes. The seas surrounding the East Asian states and the narrow straits passing from…
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) was a miracle in the regional history of South Caucasus which was achieved through constant political struggle and more importantly, peaceful means. ADR was the ultimate goal of Azerbaijani people to live with dignity and honor for which they had to suffer genocide from Armenia. Opening of New Chapter ADR opened…
