International Conflict, Western World Threats and Geopolitical Intelligence
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has given in to pressure to resign before being impeached by parliament. He told the nation in a live TV address that he was leaving his future “in the hands of the nation.” more…
Interview with the Head of Afghanistan’s Secret Service: ‘Piles and Piles of Evidence’ that Pakistan Is Responsible for [...]
He was the brains behind ‘Charlie Wilson’s War.’ Now his tactics are hot, from Pakistan to Colombia.
Strange things are happening in the jungles of Colombia. After years of fighting a fierce, conventional war against the leftist guerrilla group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country’s military accomplished a major feat earlier [...]
The US and Pakistan remain allies in the international fight against terrorism but relations have been worsening. The US is accusing Pakistan of failing to rein in Taleban and al-Qaeda militants that take refuge in its border region and, as Barbara Plett reports, there is growing anger among Pakistanis towards the US.
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Corruption continues to intensify in two-fifths of the world’s nations, nurtured by persistent poverty, political instability and crime.
In percentage terms, the number of countries perceived to be corrupt fell slightly, according to recent surveys by Transparency International, an international watchdog group. But that’s only because the sample size of its annual study has gotten larger [...]
Abdul Qadir Khan, who is considered to be the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program, said on Friday that the country’s former military regime was aware of the transfer of nuclear technology to North Korea.
AQ Khan told media on Friday that the Pakistani army, which was headed by President Pervez Musharraf then, was aware of the [...]
As full of fun facts as the Pew Report is, however, it has a fairly limited scope. Lots of numbers and percentages are bandied about but with very little historical context or explanation. Why, for example, do Russians prefer powerful leaders over straight-up democracies? Why do Tanzanians like President Bush so much? Oh, and why [...]
“U.S. officials are downplaying reports in the New York Times and Washington Post that Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan may have given Iran–and other nations–blueprints for a miniature nuclear warhead first developed for his country’s program.”
Oh really! The same network that provided Iran and North Korea with the technology to enrich uranium has plans for a miniturized [...]
For decades, the world relied on the powerful U.S. Navy to protect this vital sea lane. But as India and China gain economic heft, they are moving to expand their control of the waterway, sparking a new - and potentially dangerous - rivalry between Asia’s emerging giants.
China has given massive aid to Indian Ocean nations, [...]
Eventually, the Arab/Muslim world concluded that Westernizing was too burdensome and probably impossible. Since joining the West wasn’t in the cards, licking it seemed another option. A new generation began to eye fundamental Islam as a route to Arab/Islamic renaissance. Enter the Ayatollah Khomeini, followed by Osama bin Laden.
Today, Pakistan has the bomb, and the [...]
“The Germans have those drawings. The South Africans have those drawings. The French have those drawings. They were the suppliers. You can’t blame me for it. They were selling. They were making money. Why put blame on me?” Khan said during the interview from his villa in Islamabad, where he remains under house arrest.
Khan said [...]
“After decades of considering Pakistan their principal enemy, Indian defence officials are beginning to see China as a more serious long-term threat, and they don’t want to be caught unprepared again. Washington is embracing India as a rising power that can be a valuable ally to stand with this country, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and [...]
I’m sure we can count on China passing this technology on to Pakistan. China wants Pakistan to keep India on its toes.
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With this, India has become capable of launching missiles from air, land, ships and submarines and joins an elite group that includes the US, Russia, France and China.
The performance of the missile [...]
Indeed, alongside the tourism campaign proclaiming “Incredible India,” there’s also a sense of Vulnerable India. A quick 360-degree tour of India’s neighborhood reveals how this Asian giant - with its roaring economy and rising global profile - faces a tyranny of geography.
To the west lies historic nemesis Pakistan and, beyond that, Afghanistan - two Muslim [...]
The principal characteristic of twenty-first-century international relations is turning out to be nonpolarity: a world dominated not by one or two or even several states but rather by dozens of actors possessing and exercising various kinds of power. This represents a tectonic shift from the past.
The twentieth century started out distinctly multipolar. But after almost [...]
Geert Wilders’ anti-Islamic film “Fitna” was designed to provoke. And it seems to be working. A protest in Karachi on Sunday drew thousands, railing against Netherlands, Denmark and the US. more…
Photo Gallery: Protest in Pakistan
A Muslim Responds to ‘Fitna’: ‘I’m Not the Least Bit Offended’
SPIEGEL Interview with Dutch Populist Geert Wilders: ‘Moderate Islam Is a [...]
The West stands by idly as its foundations are rent asunder.Last Friday the UN’s Human Rights Council took a direct swipe at freedom of expression. In a 32-0 vote, the council instructed its “expert on freedom of expression” to report to the council on all instances in which individuals “abuse” their freedom of speech by [...]
Moments before the suicide bomber struck in Karachi, Benazir Bhutto left the exposed upper deck of her bus and retired to the safety of its armoured interior. This spontaneous decision may well have saved her life. It drives home the stark message that any vestige of stability in Pakistan hangs by a thread.
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BAFLAY, Lebanon — When 30,000 U.N. and Lebanese troops deployed across southern Lebanon at the end of last year’s Israel-Hezbollah war, the Islamic militant group’s presence shrank in the zone bordering Israeli and its influence seemed likely to diminish as well.
But more than a year later, Hezbollah appears to again be solidly entrenched across Lebanon’s [...]
Pakistan, Russia ‘vulnerable to N-theft’
Pakistan Dawn, Pakistan - 23 hours ago
By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Sept 27: A new report by a prestigious Washington think-tank claims that Pakistan and Russia are the most vulnerable to nuclear …
Alert over nuclear theft Gulf Daily News
Report Warns of Nuclear Threat Harvard Crimson
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LONDON,Sept 27 (APP): The six-member Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) could be enlarged in near future to include Pakistan,India,Iran and Mongolia to help strengthen regional security and ensure greater economic development and progress.
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