Balochistan and Pakistan: myths about accession and secession
To prevent the gullible Baloch youth and their compatriots in other provinces from blindly following…
Balochistan – the bogey of Baloch in angst
For a very long time, the Establishment (civil and military and mostly non-Baloch) has looked…
Hindu Nationalism, the BJP, Bollywood and Bombay Dons
The Hindutva has disrupted India’s secular fabric, impacting negatively on the trajectory of India's international…
Balochistan – psychosis of despair?
I was interacting with master's level interns in an Islamabad think tank, and shockingly realised…
Offensive realism and contemporary power politics
Perpetual Peace' is a mirage so to say, as any budding power, unchecked by the…
Katcha’s Costly Casualties
The Katcha areas of Sindh and Punjab have seen countless lives laid down by our…
Post-Hasina Bangladesh: Is Pakistan Up To The Task?
It took more than 560 innocent lives for the “Student Revolution” in Bangladesh to succeed.…
War in Ukraine – the Kursk incursion
Last year, we were in a seminar with a European country/military discussing the regional security…
Lords of the Rose – Book Review
Lords of the Rose - An Afghan Saga by Brigadier (retd) Sultan Mahmud, or 'Salty'…
Bangladesh at the cusp of revolution?
It was on July 1 when students from the Dhaka University, and later other universities…