Saigon 1975, Kabul 2012: Will Pakistan Be Ultimate Beneficiary? B.Raman The situation in Kabul should pose increasing concerns not only to the US and Afghanistan, but also India. The steady weakening of the security situation in the Afghan capital a year before the US Presidential elections is reminiscent of the weakening of the security situation [...]
Islamic states get Western economic aid despite mass hatred towards non-Muslims Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In the modern world you still have nations which support killing all apostates and of course all these nations are based on Islamic Sharia law. Despite this the liberal mantra and stealth jihadists keep on telling us that [...]
Karachi, Beirut of South Asia B.RAMAN Karachi stands in danger of turning into another Beirut of the 1970s and 1980s if the Government of Pakistan does not wake up in time to the implications of the unending clashes between the Mohajirs and the Pashtuns, between the Barelvis and the Deobandis and between the Shias [...]
Kabul Terrorist Attack on Hotel INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR: PAPER NO. 731 After a gap of three and a half years, Kabul saw another terrorist attack on an important hotel frequented by foreigners and local VIPs on the night of June 28,2011. 2. The previous attack had taken place on January 14, 2008, when a [...]
China’s Inner Mongolia: A Jasmine Revolution With A Difference B.RAMAN China’s Inner Mongolia, where Mongolians are in a minority of only 20 per cent of the total population of 23 million, has been going through a Jasmine type Revolution with a difference since May 10. There have been widespread protests in different towns following the [...]
US-Pakistan Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: The Ritual & The Reality International Terrorism Monitor —PAPER NO.723 Secret commitments by both the political and military leaderships to co-operate with the US in counter-terrorism, ritual denial of such commitments in public statements, dragging the feet in the implementation of the commitments and fresh commitments. That [...]
PLA: The Barometer of US-China Relations The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China is the barometer of US-China relations. When anything negative happens, it has greater impact on the military-military relations between the two countries than on the economic relations. While the PLA rules out the danger of any global military conflict involving China and [...]
The Internal Political Situation In China B.RAMAN An editorial published on October 15,2010, by the Communist Party controlled “Global Times” said:“China has changed a lot. In the future it will continue to adopt gradualism to bring about changes. No force can compel the nation to change what cannot be changed at the moment….. The Chinese [...]
China: All The Way With Pakistan B.RAMAN China has gone all the way with Pakistan in the difficult situation being faced by Pakistan in the aftermath of the Abbottabad raid by some US naval commandos on May 2, which led to the death of Osama bin Laden. 2. This became apparent during the just concluded [...]
All Eyes on Gilani’s Visit to China B.RAMAN All eyes in Pakistan are on the four-day visit to China from May 17,2011, by Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani. The dates of the visit were finalized some weeks ago to enable him to participate in the year-long observance of the 60th anniversary of the [...]
Osama Bin Laden: An Intelligence Failure & not just an ISI Failure, Claims ISI Chief INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR–PAPER NO.719 B.RAMAN The success of Osama bin Laden in evading detection and arrest by the Pakistani security agencies for nearly six years since 2005 when he lived in a house near the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) [...]
Pakistan after Osama Bin Laden: Quo Vadis B.RAMAN A wave of skepticism and anger in Pakistan has greeted the clandestine raid by US naval commandoes into the place of residence of Osama bin Laden at Abbottabad, near Islamabad, on the night between May 1 and 2, which resulted in his death. The skepticism has [...]
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