The 5th Youm-e-Shuhada, held at the garrisons all over the country, this year served a special purpose. It was an occasion as every year since 2010 for the nation to pay homage to the ultimate sacrifices rendered by its martyrs for the cause of their motherland. But more than that, it also served to awaken the nation from its disgusting …
Read More »Global Ground Zero in Asia
The biggest geopolitical risk of our times is not a conflict between Israel and Iran over nuclear proliferation. Nor is it the risk of chronic disorder in an arc of instability that now runs from the Maghreb all the way to the Hindu Kush. It is not even the risk of Cold War II between Russia and the West over …
Read More »The Politics of Red Lines
Putin’s takeover of Crimea scares US leaders because it challenges America’s global dominance. This crisis is serious and threatening, so much so that some commentators even compare it to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Thanassis Cambanis has summarized the core issue succinctly in The Boston Globe: ‘Putin’s annexation of the Crimea is a break in the order that America …
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