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The Israel-Iran War
The ongoing Israel-Iran War is running full blown, with the potential of escalating into a larger regional war. The current round of hostilities commenced with Israel’s pre-emptive strikes in Iran. Justifying the strikes against Iran, the IDF said in a post on X: “15 nuclear bombs. That’s how many nuclear weapons Iran could’ve made, before…
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Fighting Terror
The world awaits the military parade for the birthday bash of the POTUS Donald Trump on June 14. The select list of invitees includes the SS (Self-Styled) Field Marshal Asim Munir of Pakistan. In his testimony before the US House Armed Services Committee, General Michael Kurilla, Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), said, “We have…
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Behind The Spider’s Web
Volodymyr Zelensky is on pig’s back, oinking over Operation ‘Spider’s Web. According to him, 117 drones were used in the operation with a corresponding number of drone operators involved. 34% of the Russian strategic cruise missile carriers stationed at air bases were hit. The drone attack supposedly destroyed or damaged over 40 strategic bombers, including…
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Unfinished Agenda of Mohd Yunus
It has been reported in these columns earlier how Muhammad Yunus, CIA-installed Chief Advisor to the Interim Government of Bangladesh, is prostituting simultaneously for the US, China and Pakistan. Beijing has considerable influence in Bangladesh and China has built the submarine base for the Bangladesh navy at Pekua in Cox’s Bazar (costing USD1.21 billion), which…
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US-India relations on hold?
While the US visit by PM Modi to the US and the India visit by VP J.D. Vance in India received extensive publicity for increasing the cooperation between the two countries, latest developments suggest that there might be problems to be worked on before the bilateral trade expands.
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The Menace of Ageing Dennis
US President Donald Trump signing executive orders almost every day and displaying these is creating much humour worldwide. Many view this like little Dennis the Menace showing his homework in class, then returning home and telling his mom his report card is poor because the teacher herself is in the same class of kindergarten for…
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The Field Marshal Plan
John F Kennedy once said, “No matter how big the lie; repeat it often and the masses will regard it as truth”. Wisdom says quotes more often are like guidelines that can’t be applied across the board in every situation. But radicalism defies logic. Pakistan with institutionalized radicalization and military holding democracy to ransom, is…
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America’s Legacy of Terror
Donald Trump’s U.S. foreign policy entwines with terrorism, from embracing Syria’s ex-Al Qaeda interim President to appointing a Lashkar-e-Taiba-linked jihadist to a White House board. Despite vowing to curb Pakistan’s terrorist havens, Trump’s Afghanistan withdrawal, Taliban deal, and trade sanction threats to shield Pakistan reveal hypocrisy. With the CIA-MI6-ISI nexus thriving and Trump’s family tied…
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India’s Unprecedented Retribution Against A ‘Rogue State’: The Battle Against Terror Should Not Go Unfinished
Reportedly, the Kirana Hills—near the fortified underground nuclear storage site at Mushaf-Sargodha—were struck by a BrahMos missile. According to idrw.org, the strike on Rawalpindi’s Noor Khan base sent shockwaves through the Pakistan Army leadership, especially its chief, General Asif Munir. The operation exposed critical vulnerabilities in Pakistan’s nuclear deterrence.
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India-Pak Ceasefire – Who Did Trump Rescue?
The India-Pakistan ceasefire is scrutinized for potential US influence, especially after the suspicious Pahalgam massacre, as evidence suggests CIA-MI6 foreknowledge. India’s response is deemed weak, possibly undermined by US intervention. Concerns persist about Pakistan’s ongoing terrorism, facilitated by Chinese tech, and India’s insufficient deterrence.
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Indo-Pak Conflict Widens
Following India’s strikes on terrorist havens in Pakistan, the Indo-Pak conflict has widened. Pakistan’s Chinese military technology proved ineffective, leading to reported deal cancellations. India retaliated against Pakistani drone and missile attacks, inflicting damage on their air defense. Intense fighting continues at the border, while internal unrest grows in Pakistan with Baloch and TTP attacks.…
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Indian Response to Pahalgam Terror Attack
Operation Sindoor and its aftermath
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Anatomizing Pahalgam Massacre
High-pitched political noises in India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam massacre (https://www.thestrategicperspective.org/op-eds/pahalgam-terror-attack/) are deafening. Indigenous media is portraying that Pakistan is cornered and New Delhi is planning the hog roast. Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto is braying like a rabid donkey (the types Pakistan exports to China) that Indian blood will flow…
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South-SE Asian Schmooze
Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir, speaking recently at the Overseas Pakistanis Convention in Islamabad, in presence of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and senior Pakistani ministers, called Kashmir “Pakistan’s jugular vein” and said, “You have to tell Pakistan’s story to your children so that they don’t forget that our forefathers thought we were different from…
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Shilly-Shally Trump
The blow hot blow cold stratagem of US President Donald Trump is on full display. Trump withdrew from the environment-related Paris Accord and the Iran Nuclear Deal in his first presidency. But the volatility in his second tenure is limitless; throttling WHO, murdering WTO, wants Canada as 51st state, ownership of Panama Canal and Greenland,…
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The Return of the Nuclear Deterrence Challenge in Europe
April, 14. The war in Ukraine has brought the nuclear question back again as a central topic in European security. And now the Trump Administration with its focus on European defense by Europeans, coupled with the unfinished business of the Ukraine war, have intensified considerations of what is the way ahead for NATO deterrence of…
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Bathua’s Bilby
Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor to the Interim Government of Bangladesh, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral and Technical Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Bangkok – as requested by Dhaka. The amusing part was Yunus carrying a framed photo (of Modi giving him a gold medal in…
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Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Stock Exchanges unite
On 27 March 2025 Pakistan Stock Exchange, Dhaka Stock Exchange and Colombo Stock Exchange signed an MOU for future cooperation.
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Beyond Bagram Airbase
Carnegie Endowment members visiting India post the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan asserted that US troops would stay in Afghanistan for some 50 years because of Central Asia’s vast mineral reserves and proximity to China. Later, large oil-gas reserves were found in America, which the POTUS Donald Trump has ordered to expand. The exit of…
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The Spectrum Muddle
Hectic preparations are underway in India for President Donald Trump’s tariffs announcement on April 2 with Trump naming India “one of the highest tariffing nations in the world”. The government told Parliament that India has not replied to US tariffs. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are putting up…
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India's pivotal maritime role in maintaining a 'free and open' Indo Pacific
The 12th edition of Ex Milan, held in February 2024 at Visakhapatnam, in southern India, involved the largest-ever participation, featuring the navies of over 50 countries and nearly 20 ships.
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Ukraine’s 30-Day Ceasefire
On face value, it appears that the US stopping arms supplies and intelligence sharing to Ukraine for just one day made President Volodymyr Zelensky agree to the 30-day Ukraine truce proposal by the POTUS Donald Trump. But actually, there is much more to it. Zelensky’s Kursk offensive fizzled out with Russian troops moving 15-km inside…
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The Gaza Takeover Plan
Gaza’s present and future is likely to have little in common with the widely proclaimed human rights violations and a lot to do with natural gas supplies and logistics infrastructure.
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Donald Trump and Islamic Terrorism
On February 20, 2025, the US State Department designated eight Latin American organized groups involved in drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, who also operate in the US and extend their territory through violence, Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Cartel de Sinaloa; Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG); Cartel del Noreste; La Nueva Familia Michoacana; Cartel de Golfo (Gulf…
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The High-Heeled Coot
The POTUS Donald Trump has mentioned how Volodymyr Zelensky talked the US into spending USD 350 billion (USD 200 billion more than Europe) to go into a war that never had to start. He also points out Zelensky admitting that half of that money is missing, and that Zelensky probably wanted to the keep the…
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Container Train from China to Afghanistan: New Route via Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
On 10th February 2025, a freight train carrying communication equipment and other products left from China’s Chongqing Municipality. The train is expected to arrive in Afghanistan in 12 to 15 days.The first train dispatched, carrying goods from China to Afghanistan, arrived in Mazar-e Sharif was on 23rd November 2024. According to reports, the Taliban government…
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Trump’s Deference towards Modi’s stance on Bangladesh leaves China miffed
Since the arms deal between India and the United States miffed Beijing has termed the engagement between the two nations as “dangerous for the region”.To exacerbate the Chinese worries, the deference exhibited by the American President Mr Donald Trump with regards to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Bangladesh issue has certainly got the…
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Multibillion Dollar Flow
What the POTUS Donald Trump is doing today, he said in 1988 – make the world pay America and open global markets for American products and goods (https://www.oprah.com/own-oprahshow/what-donald-trump-told-oprah-about-his-presidential-hopes-video). These policy changes will no doubt affect businesses worldwide, stymie new investments to avoid risks and slow down global growth.The recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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Valentino MEGA
Before the Modi-Trump meeting in the White House on February 13, Tulsi Gabbard, newly appointed US Director NIA met Modi at Blair House in Washington DC, as did Elon Musk, CEO of DOGE, and the NSA Michael Waltz. Gabbard accepted Hindu faith as a teenager – wonder if Modi invited her to the Maha Kumbh…
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Pakistan-Turkey Strategic Talks
On February 5th Pakistan held its so called “Kashmir solidarity day”, with hundreds of jihadists along with the Hamas gracing the platform with its officials in name of Kashmir cause. Expectedly, Pakistan invited the Turkish president and his delegation to high level talks on 13th February. As the talks concluded with both nations pledging to…
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The Modi-Trump Tête-à-Tête
There is considerable speculation about the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the POTUS Donald Trump scheduled on February 13. The majority view is that Modi will go all out to woo Trump, especially after Modi’s phone conversation with Trump on January 27, congratulating him on winning the second presidency, and the White House…
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Israel pulls out of UN Human Rights Council
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced Wednesday, 5 February 2025, that his country will leave the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), following a similar decision by the United States’ to do the same the day before when US President Donald Trump signed the executive order to withdraw the US from the United Nations Human…
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Guilt Pangs
There was considerable surprise when news emerged that Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri was in Beijing on India’s 76th Republic Day rather than joining in the celebrations at New Delhi. Subsequent news on January 27 said that India and China agreed to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra and “agreed in principle” to restore direct flights; an…
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Whither Bangladesh
The POTUS Donald Trump has frozen USAID for all countries for 90 days except for Israel and Egypt, in an order issued on January 25. USAID has directed its implementation partners to immediately halt all the existing contracts, grants, and assistance programs in Bangladesh citing an executive order by Donald Trump. Researchers have criticized this…
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The Economic Haze
Unpredictability of the POTUS Donal Trump was expected to come to the fore in Trump’s second presidency, but surprises are cropping up periodically. From the posts on X like “F**k Biden” during electioneering, Trump later saying General Mark Milley should be shot, withdrawing from WHO and having a rethink are but few examples of what…
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Pakistan and Azerbaijan fortify their ties
The 8th meeting of the Azerbaijan-Pakistan Joint Commission took place in Islamabad when the Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elnur Mammadov, visited Pakistan on 23rdJanuary.This was the fourth round of consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of both nations which was held in Islamabad on 23rd January.On the same day, Pakistani President Asif Ali…
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India-Afghanistan Talks in Dubai set off Alarms in Pakistan
Taliban’s recent talks with India on regional security and cooperation for the mutual development and growth leaves Pakistan aggravated due to its already failed diplomatic relations with Afghanistan, as it is expected to rake Kashmir and Khalistan issues against India and Human rights violations against Taliban in the UNSC
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Bad Vibes from Bangladesh and Bhutan
The visit of Bangladesh Islamist parties to China on invitation of Beijing has been reported in these columns earlier (https://www.thestrategicperspective.org/articles/chinas-northeast-focus/). American involvement in regime change in Bangladesh and supply of arms, ammunition and explosives to Bangladesh by both China and Pakistan was also reported in the same link.Аs a loyal American pooch, Britian has always…
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US thumps Four Pakistani Entities With Sanctions Over Missile Program
Reaffirming its commitment to countering proliferation activities and its ongoing efforts to limit dangerous technologies which could threaten regional security, the US in a fresh series of punitive action slapped additional sanctions on entities contributing to Pakistan’s Ballistic Missile Programme.
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China’s Northeast Focus
The new governments of Nepal and Bangladesh have distanced themselves from India and have created closer ties with China. Beijing’s foreign policy to have stronger positions around its biggest neighbor continues.
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Will Israel Attack Iran?
Israel is in a position where it could strike Iran without significant repercussions.
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The Israeli Offensive
Israel have managed to turn the war into giving them access to a move which can define the future generations of the region.
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Regime Change in Syria
The regime of Bashar al-Assad was finally toppled by the rebels, which Assad could not find way to control.
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CPEC – an economic blunder or part of China’s expansion plans
Growth of its economy is the ultimate goal of any policymaker across the world. Growth makes the economy stronger, creates more efficient and content society producing more, which in turn allows for a larger military. The military, on the other hand, is used to produce something hardly measurable – security. That, in turn, has various…
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Huawei: China’s Long Reach Strategy
Almost everybody in the modern world has heard about the Huawei scandal and the ban of their products first in the US an then in other countries belonging or linked to the western civilization. Many assume right away that it is part of the political games between higher political elite across nations and the commercial…
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Huawei’s 5G Networks – Good Deal or Unacceptable Risk
Huawei has been in the international diplomatic crosshairs for the last few years because it has been considered dangerous for national security with its products. Huawei’s problems with the US were mostly on the grounds of espionage and exploitable backdoors. The main problem is that it was not an isolated incident for them specifically…
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Turkey’s power play in Nagorno Karabah
The small regional conflict in Nagorno Karabah in Caucasus erupted again on September 27th. The conflict has over 100 year history and has varied between skirmishes and full blown wars. This time was different. It immediately became one of the hottest topics around the world mostly because it would significantly affect the world energy markets.…
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China’s 2049 plan a big challenge before the world
China’s growth over the past decades has been observed and analysed by many in a way similar to the way Silicon Valley corporate unicorn stories are looked at – extremely positive, often defying theory and odds and given as an example for correct strategy. The reason is simple – everybody loves success and the consideration…
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Iran-China 25-year cooperation has major regional and global implications
The Iran-China 25-Year Cooperation Programme, signed in March in Tehran, was paid little attention by the mainstream media. The vague and broad text of the leaked draft agreement from the year prior and the absence of attention made it look like every other agreement for cultural cooperation between two countries. However, more careful analysis showed…
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The Big Caucasus Trade
On 19 September Azerbaijan launched a flash military campaign on Nagorno Karabakh. Within a day the leaders of the self-governing region, known as Artsakh by the local population, had tosurrender after the main defense points were neutralized. Soon after that, David Babayan, an adviser to the president of Artsakh, Samvel Shahramanyan, declared that “99.9%[of the…
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