CPEC… India’s ouster from Chabahar is not really a Pakistani victory 8 Aug 202012 Aug 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 8 August 2020. Some in Pakistan opine that India’s ouster from a Chabahar-related project in Iran is either a Pakistani foreign policy victory…
Geopolitics… How Iran’s statement on Delhi’s anti-Muslim violence sells Iran short 27 Mar 202020 Apr 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 25 March 2020. At the expense of sounding morbid, one can say India’s state-abetted anti-Muslim pogrom in New Delhi earlier this month presented an opportunity…
CPEC… Is Pakistan’s US-Centrism Ceding Regional Strategic & Economic Power To India? 13 Mar 202016 Nov 2020 Posted originally to OneWorld on 13 March 2020. The present Pakistani government’s attempts to jockey the US for support have been met with constant affirmation of the Indo-US alliance. The…
Deal of the Century Palestine… Pakistan: A candidate for supporting the ‘Deal of the Century’? 27 Jan 202027 Apr 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs on 27 January 2019. While difficult to predict how Pakistan would react, the scenario where it is deemed suitable by the makers of the…
Geopolitics… Lessons in tenacity: Why Pakistan should learn from Turkey 4 Jan 202017 Jan 2020 Posted originally to The Express Tribune on 4 January 2020. When faced with the seemingly unyielding support of its ostensible NATO ‘partners’ for Kurdish secessionists in the Syrian-Turkish border regions,…
Geopolitics… Saudi fragility makes Imran’s volte-face on Malaysia Summit more embarrassing 21 Dec 201919 Aug 2020 Posted originally to Express Tribune blogs on 21 December 2019. The flawed gains-and-losses calculus of Imran Khan’s PTI government recently produced what may well be the most aberrational and peculiar…
Geopolitics… Will the Israel-GCC alliance prop up Hindu nationalist India? 17 Dec 201921 Dec 2019 Posted originally to American Herald Tribune on 17 December 2019. Indo-Israeli ties have always been deep and underscored by ideological affinity, with Israel even in the years prior to having…
Geopolitics… Pakistan & the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019 14 Dec 201928 Mar 2020 Co-authored with Mobeen Jafar Mir for Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) on 13 December 2019. The upcoming ‘Kuala Lumpur Summit 2019’ going to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre…
Geopolitics… Lacking direction: PTI’s Kashmir Policy 7 Dec 20196 Jan 2020 Posted originally to Strafasia on 7 December 2019. Does Imran Khan ignoring the letter of Syed Ali Geelani, veteran Kashmiri freedom icon, epitomize the PTI’s Kashmir policy? Is the PTI…
Geopolitics… India’s Kashmir propaganda: A leaf out of Israel’s book 18 Nov 20194 Dec 2019 Posted originally to Express Tribune Blogs (Part 1 and Part 2). The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading India is clearly fond of Israel, but India regardless of its ruling…
