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By most counts, the recent official visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to the United States (21-23 July 2019) is a great success. For the past three...
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An ardent believer of exhibiting American military might, John Robert Bolton, National Security Adviser to President Trump, wants his war with Iran. Bolton has put his own spin...
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In the present day and age, populist political regimes that feed on ethno-nationalism and identity politics, as typified by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP government in India, are...
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“War has rules, but few of them involve fighting by the Queen’s rules.”
- Frank Borrelli 5th Generation Warfare
In the early 2000s, while delivering a talk to postgraduate students...
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S-400: An Addition to India’s Ambitious Mosaic of Offense-Defense Capabilities
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India’s pursuit of advanced military technologies has enabled it to secure its place among the world’s top importers of conventional weapons over the past two decades. India has...
From One Jihad to the Next: The Life & Times of Jalaluddin Haqqani
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Pakistan Post 9/11: Seventeen Years of War, Death & Hate
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‘Move away, get away from here. Hurry. Clear the area. There is a bomb here.’ A guy wearing a bomb suit shouts as he makes his way to...
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Book Review I UN Peacekeeping Operations in Somalia 1992- 1995: A Pakistani...
Author : Dr. Tughral Yamin
Publisher: Paramount Books (PVT.) Ltd.
YEAR: 2019
ISBN: 978-969-637-522-7
Ailiya Naqvi
Shouldering a Huge and Dangerous Load for the UN :Assessing Pakistan's Critical Role in Somalia
“I...
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