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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

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Colonial master and the tale of two countries

Geographically I can draw no commonality between the Philippines and Pakistan as the former is an island country located in the western Pacific with...

28.04.2024 40

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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Bucha massacre: a reminder of UN failure

America’s hypocrisy and double standards as a global hegemon once again came to lime light when on 19 April 2024 it vetoed a UNSC resolution on...

21.04.2024 30

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Gathering war clouds: are we ready to meet the challenges?

Having correct notions and making correct assumptions are the essential gifts of a truly great strategist. Without them strategising no more remains...

07.04.2024 40

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The world of tomorrow and existential threats

The world has witnessed both evolutions and revolutions to become what it is and where it stands today. It industrialised and it globalised and did...

31.03.2024 20

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Putin reelected president; will Biden survive?

In 2024 over two billion voters are expected to vote in over eighty countries around the world and as part of this process the Russians came out from...

24.03.2024 30

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Pakistan’s politics and history: ignorance and denial

George C Marshall served as the Chief of Staff of the US Army under President FD Rosevelt and Harry Truman and then as Secretary of State and...

17.03.2024 100

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We owe it to our next generation

Yield, submit, surrender or give in. Why is this the political approach in Pakistani politics? Why do the politicians see only the extreme ends and...

10.03.2024 30

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War in Ukraine: will it end in 2025?

February 2024 marks the second anniversary of the special military operations that Russia began against Ukraine two years ago. These ongoing special...

03.03.2024 50

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How systems create opportunities for divergence

The idea of convergence and divergence is an idea that defines the concept of balance in international relations. In the post-Cold War period almost...

25.02.2024 20

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Geopolitical uncertainties and the rising global South

Pakistan is eternally marred in the complexities and controversies of its domestic politics and there seems to be no end to the great desire of our...

18.02.2024 60

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Post-election Pakistan

T he elections are over and as I write the results are being compiled. Pre-election Pakistan had seen no level playing field and although we all are...

11.02.2024 20

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Has the bell for democracy already tolled in Pakistan?

H istory being the study of change overtime always has a shape and a direction. Since it is time for politics in Pakistan and since the general...

04.02.2024 20

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Hegemonic political culture — not what Pakistan needs

T he views of Hassan Sardar and Shahbaz Ahmed (popularly known as Maradona of Hockey) on military warfare would have made no difference in how General...

28.01.2024 50

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Iranian attack and our response: part of Middle Eastern politics

T he missile attack by Iran on the territory of Pakistan is not an isolated incident and to understand why it happened, one needs to contextualise it...

21.01.2024 80

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Bangladesh’s drift towards despotism

E lections in Bangladesh were the first in year 2024. National elections in about 50 more countries will take place this year in which 2 billion...

14.01.2024 40

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History — first time a tragedy, second time a farce

W riting about history, Karl Marx says that it repeats itself twice — “the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce”. Most of the...

07.01.2024 80

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The forgotten power of pluralism

Mark Twain in Pakistan is best known for his forwarded and re-forwarded quotes on social media but he was much more than that. He is considered the...

31.12.2023 100

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Mute world of academia and dead world of politics

T he smartest thing that politics of any country can do is to correctly anticipate what lies ahead. If you know what lies ahead you can plan in...

24.12.2023 30

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Great powers, peace and conflict

I t has been almost three months that I am here in Russia. Whenever asked how’s life there, my answer always is: cold — very cold. Days are as...

17.12.2023 100

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Questioning strategic logic: US military support to Israel

S trategic logic comes from strategic minds, and at the national level all strategies are backed by strategic logic. These logics explain why a given...

10.12.2023 30

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Kissinger: what he meant for China and the world

T o admire the likes of Aristotle, Machiavelli, Churchill or Kissinger you have to be an Aristotelian, a Machiavellian, a Churchillian or a...

03.12.2023 70

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Great theorists and international politics

T he ultimate test of any theory is how well it explains the events in the real world. All social scientists make use of the theories to make...

26.11.2023 100

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The return of geopolitics in Middle East

It is in the nature of the dominant powers to make use of geopolitics, but somehow the Middle Eastern world of 21st century had forgotten this. The...

19.11.2023 80

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Switchover from US to Russia-China orbit?

The big story of 21st century will not be the story of the US military might or Israel’s crimes against humanity and genocides but the rise of East...

12.11.2023 80

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President Biden — a big disappointment

A big problem that global, regional or national leadership faces is not to be aware of the time for change and correct strategies that may be employed...

05.11.2023 60

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Gaza is a minnow: the big fish they are after is Iran

The forecast is of greater geopolitical instability, the challenge is of rising insecurity and the need of the hour is of a coherent political...

29.10.2023 70

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MBS, the Arab world and Israel

Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS), the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia for last so many years, seems a man on a mission. Given his young age he is considered as...

22.10.2023 90

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Hamas attack and its fallout

Palestine is back in the news. After Oslo Accord and for over thirty years the world didn’t talk about the two-state solution. Gave up on the...

15.10.2023 60

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Who will be the next hegemon in Middle East?

The United States has pivoted towards Asia-Pacific and has redirected its resources to the increasing threats posed by China and Russia. It cannot...

08.10.2023 100

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The cold war between India and Canada

The great distinction between a nationalist and a patriot is that a patriot is proud of what his country does but a nationalist is proud of his...

01.10.2023 80

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Losing credibility is losing the world that listens to you

In international relations the credibility of a state is defined as ‘why the world listens to you’. Loss of credibility results in the loss of any...

24.09.2023 60

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Russia and North Korea: an engagement that displeases US

The United States has a peculiar diplomatic history. It applies coercive means, economic pressures, isolation techniques and even military deterrence...

17.09.2023 40

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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Shifting system and our morals

The shift in any nation’s fate is driven by either the success in the system or its failure. The prime examples of the shifts driven by failure of...

10.09.2023 30

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