The recent strategic security pact between Afghanistan and India has, with immediate effect, defeated Pakistan Army’s past, current and future domestic, regional and international designs. The Pakistan Army has lost its power. To justify its extravagant existence in a poor country, Pakistan Army declared India its enemy. To generate cash through international extortion,...

Cassowaries are close to being the oldest living descendants of dinosaurs — not the big ones like diplodocus, but the fast ones like the velociraptors in “Jurassic Park.” They are rattites, which means they have no keelbone in their breasts — the anchor-point for the broad wings that allow eagles and geese to fly. Cassowaries like emus and ostriches, are...

The mid term elections in US have ominous portents for Obama ranging from the domestic to foreign policy issues. This post attempts at unraveling some of the the thoughts being proposed and debated by think tanks across the globe. The domestic issues are for US to take a call on. With less than a month left, it’s beginning to look as this midterm election will have...

The title says it all. In its quest to pursue its global aims, China is keeping India tied to the pole by needling her in a geopolitical bind while maintaining a straight face. The discussions in various posts over the last week brought out Chinese dynamics in Pakistan, Burma and Nepal. This post also brings in the Sri Lankan narrative. Apparently, the two regional...

Af Pak Events The intensity of war in Af-Pak has picked up considerably in September beginning last week of August. The pattern indicates flexing of muscle by the Punjabi Taliban and TTP across Pakistan. The numbers in Pakistan include 108 civilians, mainly Shia minority, killed and 400 wounded. In Afghanistan the coalition forces were able to kill 64 “terrorists”...

“The challenge before us is to translate institutions into activities, conventions into programmes, official statements into popular sentiments. Declarations at summits and official level meetings do not amount to regional cooperation or integration. Regional cooperation should enable freer movement of people, of goods, of services and of ideas. It should help us...