Is North Korea China’s Pakistan? – II – What Does Harvard’s Joseph Nye Say?
Editor’s Note: Regular readers are aware that we don’t use the word Pak-i-Stan. We all remember what happened when a regime called itself & its ...
Category: History
Is Egypt Backkkk? Or Is It Deja Vu All Over Again?
Editor’s Note: Regular readers are aware that we don’t use the word Pak-i-Stan. We all remember what happened when a regime called itself & its ...
Have a Great Fourth of July
The photo below is a wonderful way to celebrate the eve of this July 4th. As veterans of 9/11, nothing to us captures the spirit of American Independence as the...
Kabul-Lahore – Stratfor & Friedman vs. Brookings & Dalrymple – Vision & Reality vs. Myopia & Blinders?
As today’s unquestioned superpower, America’s writ runs large, larger than that of any empire in world history. America is globally predominant in m...
A Religious “Caste” System in American Media & NGOs?
In the classic western, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, several conversations of the good Clint Eastwood character with the ugly Eli Wallach character begin w...
Indian Subcontinent – A Revealing Book From a Veteran American Observer
By his own description, Bruce Riedel has been an observer, a witness and sometimes a participant in the events of the Indian Subcontinent for the last few decad...
India – “Keep It Real” with China – Words from C. Raja Mohan
Last week, we described how recent Indian behavior with China was analogous to the behavior of Indian Kings towards British East India Company in late 18th &...
Coming Af-NPak Conflict – No “Soft Power” Needed from India
Last week, we discussed the coming conflict between Afghanistan & NonPakistan in our article about Nawaz Sharif’s election. Ideally, this should provi...
Election of Nawaz Sharif – Real Story & Its Impact on the Really Big Issue
Editor’s Note: As most readers know by now, we absolutely reject the notion that any regime, any country can consider itself as “Pure” people,...
China-India – Repeat of British EIC vs. Indian Rulers? – Part I
1. The British East India Company from 1757 to 1856 Ever wonder how a private British trading company annexed the vast Indian subcontinent and that too wi...