More: Terrorism
The Capriciousness of Hybrid Warfare in South Asia
There is a famous quote by Sun Tzu that
‘the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting’. This saying
aptly describes the...
Think like Jihadist: Anatomy of Central Asian Salafi groups
Salafi Jihadism has become a serious problem in Central Asia that
encompasses five former Soviet republics - Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan - collectively known...
Terrorism and Mass Media: A Reflection from the Sri Lanka Terror Attack
The world
shivers at the mention of terrorism. The international news storylines mostly
present two hegemonic undertakings: the economic and power game ruling blocks
comprising US, Russia,...
Pointless Colonial Massacres and Post-Colonial Wars and Killings on the Indian Subcontinent
Two colonial mass killings from the
twentieth century are always remembered: The Qissa Khwani
Bazaar massacre on April 23, 1930 in
Peshawar (then India, now in Pakistan)...
Kashmir: EAMs at the LOC
First, it was Zahedan where an IRGC
convoy; returning home from their tour of duty, along the borders of
Sistan-Baluch, are suddenly ambushed and nearly annihilated....
Central Asian Jihadi Groups Joined Taliban’s “Al-Fath Jihadi Operations”
Al
Qaeda-backed jihadist groups Katibat Imam al Bukhari (KIB), the Islamic Jihad
Union (IJU) and the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), consisting mainly of Uzbeks
from the Fergana...
Insecurity of India’s Nuclear Weapons
After 1945, it came into the knowledge that nuclear weapons are
the most destructive, lethal and powerful weapon on the planet earth, which can
wipe out...
Walking a tightrope: Pakistan struggles to juggle multiple balls
Pakistan risks falling off the tightrope it walks as it attempts to
balance its relations with rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Developments in recent days, including...
Pulwama, Indian Diplomatic Offensive and Masood Azhar’s Declaration as Global Terrorist
Authors: Tarranum Kazmi &Tahira Shabbir
It looks like this all plot was planned to get political benefits
and also to ruin good image of Pakistan which...
Libya Crisis: Role of Regional Players
Libya remains in a chaotic state after the
fall of Muammar Gadhafi. The United Nations-backed government struggles to
exercise control over territory held by rival factions,...