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Checkmate by the ‘Neutrals’ in Pak
No one in Pakistan has any doubt over the long, deep and dirty hands of the Pakistani military, called the ‘establishment’, in all sovereign decisions The Pakistani Army’s complicated relationship with democracy started with its first native chief, Gen Ayub Khan. Ayub’s selection baptised the ‘institution’ with the political culture of...
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Imperialist China’s challenges in Pak
13 May 2022 | Bhopinder Singh -
Why China kept away from Imran
26 April 2022 | Bhopinder Singh -
‘Militiestablishment’ and the wary Sharifs
16 April 2022 | Bhopinder Singh -
Kaptaan Khan as the ‘Teesra’ bowler
07 April 2022 | Bhopinder Singh -
Pak: The perennial diplomatic midwife
30 March 2022 | Bhopinder Singh -
Common curse of ‘Lotacracy’!
23 March 2022 | Bhopinder Singh -
Ukraine validates our NPT mistrust
16 March 2022 | Bhopinder Singh
There are leaders who just cut and run
Unlike Afghan ex-President Ashraf Ghani, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy is fighting back though he too is up against a formidable enemy in Putin American bravado insists, ‘Marines don’t cut and run’ — but they were virtually made to, very recently in Afghanistan. They left rather unceremoniously at night, unannounced and after putting...
Unhinged Generals of Rawalpindi GHQ
These amoral, compromised and dishonourable leaders institutionalised doublespeak and double-dealing that afflicts Pakistan to date Initially, the Pakistan Army’s motto used to be ‘Ittehad, Yaqeen aur Tanzeem’ (Unity, Faith and Discipline) — insisting on functional attributes that reside in any militaristic framework. The forced takeover by General Zia-ul-Haq in 1977 (ironically...
Lessons for India in Ukraine crisis
Ukraine has been a trial balloon for global geopolitics, and Delhi needs to make copious notes and derive its own lessons from the ongoing saga February 16 was the much-bandied date of Russian invasion into Ukraine, and as the hair-triggering day passed without an attack by the estimated 1,30,000 Russian troops...
When ‘industry’ wins over national pride
When a democratic country takes a moral or sovereign stand against an authoritarian regime, very often its own trade engines apply the brakes The overlapping realm of the European Union (EU) and military alliance of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (21 of the 27 EU States are common) remains undecided on taking...
‘Sportswashing’ by China on thin ice
Despite its poor human rights record, China is trying hard to project that its world standing is unaffected and that the Games will be a success China is well versed with the politics and symbolism associated with boycotts in sporting events, such as Olympics. In the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake...
It all boils down to appetite for conflict
A tired ‘Free World’, noticeably the US, is no match for autocratic regimes like China and Russia that are not answerable to anyone for their amoral acts Irrespective of the governmental spine, the popular mood in Australia sums up the awkward conundrum: There is simply no appetite for conflict with China....
The Ummah and its Israeli connect
The ever-present shadow of Israel looms large over the goings-on in the Islamic world, sometimes for real and at other times only in imagination Fixation with Israel haunts the Ummah (pan-Islamic community), sometimes credibly so, other times imagined rather creatively. Even the distant, multicultural and multi-confessional (with Muslim majority) Malaysia insists...
