Pakistan, a nation known for its rich cultural diversity and vibrant heritage, is currently grappling with a troubling phenomenon: the rise of hate politics. In recent years, political parties in the country have increasingly employed divisive rhetoric, hate speech, and intolerance as strategies to secure their agendas and gain electoral support. This piece shed light on the politics of hate […]
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Malaysia’s Missed Opportunity At The UN – Analysis
Malaysia’s participation in the recently concluded UN General Assembly, while laden with high hopes and expectations on the returns on the country’s economic and soft power revival, remains a missed opportunity for a bigger showcase of the country’s global return in role, impact and influence. The UN is divided, and the world remains divided at the economic, ideological and security […]
Read more ›Learning from Failed Peace Efforts in Afghanistan
The United States should be applying lessons for when and how to negotiate with adversaries to other conflicts — starting with Ukraine. Over the course of 20 years, the United States made strategic mistakes in its war with the Taliban that helped fuel the insurgency and likely precluded an earlier end to the war. The U.S. government became fixated on […]
Read more ›Chinese ‘Miracle Water’ Grifters Infiltrated the UN and Bribed Politicians to Build Pacific Dream City
A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future metropolis. They ended up in an American jail instead. How they got there is an untold tale of international bribery and grifting that stretched to the very center of the United Nations. Chinese-born Cary Yan and Gina Zhou were sentenced by a U.S. court […]
Read more ›Pakistan Turns Up Heat Over Cross-Border Attacks
A senior Pakistani diplomat said Thursday that while the Taliban had brought peace and security to Afghanistan, increased terrorist attacks from the neighboring country threatened stability in Pakistan, putting strains on an already difficult bilateral relationship. “Unfortunately, the peace dividends for us are missing,” Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s special representative on Afghanistan, told an international seminar in Islamabad. He said his […]
Read more ›Pakistan seeks orderly departure of illegal Afghans
Pakistan said on Friday that it would repatriate all illegal immigrants including hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals in orderly phases rather than in one go. Pakistan’s announcement on Tuesday of a Nov. 1 deadline for people to leave or face forcible expulsion has frayed already soured relations with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, who said the threat to force out Afghan […]
Read more ›America’s Shameful Neglect Of Its Afghan Friends And Allies – Analysis
Since the Taliban returned to power there has been no shortage of crises facing Afghanistan. A humanitarian disaster is affecting millions of Afghans. Food insecurity is a major concern. Young girls are not allowed into schools. Transnational terrorist groups are operating across most of the country with impunity. Ethnic and religious minorities are routinely under attack. However, there is another […]
Read more ›The Permanence Of Chaos In Kashmir – Analysis
Official claims about the security situation in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), especially since the August 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, portray a vastly improved scenario. The Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai has said that terrorist incidents have significantly reduced owing to the government’s “well-coordinated and multi-pronged strategy.” The infiltration of terrorists from […]
Read more ›Pakistan to Begin Deportation of 1.7 Million Undocumented Afghans
Pakistan has ordered all undocumented immigrants, including 1.7 million Afghans, to leave the country by November 1, vowing mass deportations for those who stay. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar approved the plan Tuesday at a high-level meeting of his top civilian and military officials in Islamabad. “All illegal immigrants residing in Pakistan have until November 1 to return to their […]
Read more ›Will Xi’s Military Modernization Pay Off?
China’s Armed Forces Are More Capable—but Beijing Feels Less Secure For months, all eyes have been on the high-level personnel turmoil in the Chinese military. Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu has not been seen in public for weeks, raising questions about whether he still holds his position. Li Yuchao, the commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force, which […]
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