Winston Churchill famously described Soviet Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. This characterisation also fits modern Afghanistan, as amply demonstrated by repeated failures of the … Read More
On Saturday, October 26, Israel finally retaliated for the October 1, 2024, missile strike comprising about 200 missiles fired by Iran on Israel proper, leveling the recent round of escalation. … Read More
The crux of Balochistan problem is the prevalent Sardari System that has kept the State machinery hostage to the whims of traditional elite. Sardars fear that Pakistani state’s encroachment would … Read More
To prevent the gullible Baloch youth and their compatriots in other provinces from blindly following the narrative of ‘some’ Bizenjos, Mengals, Marris, Bugtis et al; become radicalised and support the … Read More
Iwas interacting with master’s level interns in an Islamabad think tank, and shockingly realised that they knew everything and anything under the sun – thanks to social media (SM), from … Read More
The third round of Doha parleys was held in Doha on June 30 and July 1, 2024. In the run-up to the meeting, IEA representative Abdul Manan Omari, the special … Read More
We close this series with debunking the last two myths vis-à-vis IEA and Afghanistan. Myth No 12. IEA is a monolith. Without deep socio-historic insight into Afghanistan’s segmentary politics, it … Read More
Someone recently shared a street photo from some Western country, where a letter box had a note stuck on it requesting people not to use it as birds were resting … Read More
So finally, Iran’s patience with Israel’s constant provocation ran out; and on 14 April it launched Operation True Promise (va’de-ye sadeq), firing a missile and drone barrage at Israel proper … Read More
At senior positions one is always confronted with the dilemma of decision-making (DM), to pick the right option from a range of options presented. Although decision-making as an art and … Read More
