From Nuclear to NewClear
In the course of many visits to Iran over the years I have come to
realise that no country is the subject of such fascination...
The result of Afghan presidential election: Future possibilities and challenges
Afghanistan’s election was held on September 25.
And now, after a long pause, the preliminary results have been announced,
with Mohammad Ashraf Ghani winning 923,868 votes...
The geopolitics of Brexit
Brexit -
sanctioned and endorsed by a mass vote for Boris Johnson's Tories - will be the
great geopolitical turning point for Europe, obtorto collo, and...
Israeli soccer club’s anti-racism echoes Israel’s political divide
Storied and crowned soccer club Beitar
Jerusalem was for decades a pillar of the Israeli right-wing and an
often-extreme symbol of Israel’s lurch towards the right...
Demonstrations and Failures
If President Trump watched his prospective
challengers debate, it certainly gave him cause for a Merrier Christmas and a
Happy New Year! The latter is a...
South Asia’s Externalized Demons
As the Indian and Pakistani militaries yet
again trade ominous
threats with one another, the Line of Control is once more witness to a
sustained and significant...
China’s relations with Indonesia requires more cautious moves
Authors: Zhou
Dong-chen & Muhammad Raihan Ronodipuro
At the
invitation of Chinese military commission, Indonesian Minister of Defense
Prabowo Subianto made a working visit to Beijing during December...
Can Quad be Effective against Incremental Encroachment of China in Indo-Pacific Region?
The ‘Incremental Encroachment Strategy’ of China exhibited in
South China Sea (SCS) is a serious concern not only to the countries directly
affected by losing their...
The Special Court’s Last Verdict, the Pain and Anguish
Since
independence, Pakistan has been run by military dictators for four-time; most
of them served as president for many years either through insubstantial
elections or bizarre constitutional...
Questionable assumptions of India’s citizenship amendment
The whole superstructure of Indian
government’s citizenship amendment bill, now enacted, is erected on claim that
religious minorities have been brutally persecuted and still face
discrimination in...