Manmohan Singh resets Afghan policy
The year was 1992. Chaotic days in April, as one Sunday morning Benon Sevan, United Nations Secretary-General’s special envoy, came to the High Commission in Islamabad straight from a conference with...
View ArticleArab Spring to Wahabbi Winter
Ten years on, and two trillion dollars and counting, is the world a safer place for the NATO partners? The security of NATO members has been at the core of actions taken by its components – principally...
View ArticleRescuing NATO in Afghanistan
After Mikhail Gorbachev succeeded in bringing about the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, the bureaucracy that oversaw NATO faced an existential crisis. The alliance had been set up to counter the...
View ArticleNATO vs Shias: A geopolitical miscalculation
Saudi Arabia has celebrated its “diamond jubilee” and Pakistan the “golden jubilee” of a strategic partnership with the U.S. In both cases, it was the United Kingdom (UK) that was crucial to the birth...
View ArticleThe Iraq crisis and India’s energy security
The land of the Arab Spring has turned into a region of turmoil and violence. Terror groups following the Wahhabi brand of Islam, have established their presence from Syria to Iraq. India which depends...
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