Chinese port of Gwadar, Baluchistan, Pakistan by Sajjad Shaukat, June 19, 2016 Hans J. Morgenthau opines, “The true nature of the policy is concealed by
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Terrorism as Pretext for Intervention in Middle East
In order to understand the hype surrounding the phenomena of Islamic radicalism and terrorism, we need to understand the prevailing global economic order and its
Imran Khan’s PTI: The New Face of Liberalism in Pakistan
by Nauman Sadiq / June 8th, 2016 Khan while at a Financial Times ceremony in London. Although people often conflate democracy and liberalism, there is
The Wahhabi Chronicles (part one)
I have been meaning to write about what it means to grow up in the Saudi Arabian Wahhabi model, what has held me back thus

The assassination of Mullah Akhtar Mansour: Washington plays with fire in Eurasia’s geopolitical tinderbox—Part Two
This is the second in a two-part series. Read Part one. American imperialism’s permanent war in Central Asia The May 21 killing of the Taliban’s

The assassination of Mullah Akhtar Mansour: Washington plays with fire in Eurasia’s geopolitical tinderbox—Part 1
The assassination of Taliban Emir Mullah Akhtar Mansour, carried out Saturday, May 21 by a squadron of American military drones, was an immense provocation. One
Saudi Arabia expands its anti-Iran strategy beyond the Middle East
Source: reuters.com RIYADH | By Angus McDowall Saudi King Salman (C) attends a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia May 31, 2016. Saudi

After 15 Years of ‘Milestones,’ War in the Middle East Still Has No End in Sight
We have it on highest authority: The recent killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour by a US drone strike in Pakistan marks “an important milestone.”