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Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly was a political impudence. He showed the world that he has not understood the signs of times. He seemed out of place with diplomacy and still caught up in aggressive rhetoric. He threatened Iran with an attack. President Obama should be forewarned that the US would not help Israel in a war of …

While Nato and the US forces are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan, the Afghanistan government is increasingly interested in boosting its relations with regional powers such as Russia and China. Conversely, both Moscow and Beijing are concerned about the future of Afghanistan after US withdrawal. Mr Karzai’s visit to China speaks volumes about Afghanistan’s efforts to strengthening its relations with …

Two decades of rapid economic growth and surging international trade gave India the economic and strategic heft to go with its world-wide vision and voice. The current slump threatens to bring back the lowest economic numbers in twenty years. The sagging Indian economy shall burden both India’s domestic politics and its global strategic goals. Manmohan’s recent visit to Washington may …

The budding rapprochement between the United States and Iran has stirred a debate among the Arab intelligentsia, especially in the Gulf region, mainly due to its geographical proximity with Iran and host of other issues. Their concerns stem primarily from the longstanding Western geopolitical interests in the Middle East and the timings of the initiation of this political flirtation between …

The month of September every year comes and goes without changing anything in our turbulent world, but for world’s leaders, it brings the season of a ‘global carnival’ that takes place with a lot of fete and frolic in the ‘capital’ of the world, New York, with almost the entire leadership from across the globe descending on this already crowded …

Given that the US retains a significant military advantage over China, America could support such a partnership without incurring significant security risks. Has the world entered a new era of chaos? America’s vacillating policy toward Syria certainly suggests so. Indeed, the bitter legacy of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, followed by the 2008 financial crisis, has made the United …

America is going through an identity crisis, unsure whether to embrace high taxes and a bigger state, and reluctant to play the role of world policeman On 30th September, the federal government of the United States of America closed for business. Congressional Republicans refused to fund its activities so long as they include the provision of ‘Obamacare’, the President’s signature …

News From National & International Press  National Aug 16: The Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) decided to establish a mega city on 20,000 acres in the province with the cooperation of leading Chinese companies. The project includes an industrial estate, housing colonies and other related facilities. Aug 17: An exhibition organised by the Mumbai based International Creative …

The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on September 16 every year. This event commemorates the date of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 1987. The theme of 2013 is ‘A healthy atmosphere, the Future We Want’. Background In 1987, representatives from 24 countries …

Ibn Khaldun, the great North African Muslim thinker and philosopher, believed that the state has its foundation on one of the two great moral principles; the sense of Oneness or Group Mind, Asabiya, and religion. The State as such is the natural result of human life which requires association and organization; ‘human association is necessary,’ the philosopher expresses this saying, …