Brig Tariq Khalil

THE US–Iran conflict is emerging as a test case for Europe. While Mr Trump pushes his agenda for a Gaza Board, no European country is…

I do not recognize any international law. My judgment is the law. This appears to be the guiding spirit of the Trump Doctrine. More than…

December 16, 1971—little said is better. It represents a cumulative failure of political, bu-reaucratic and military leadership. Given the quantum of forces in East Pakistan…

A new global power realignment is underway and South Asia is no exception. The growing influence of the Global South and the changing posture of…

APPARENTLY, the two rounds of Pak-Afghan talks in Istanbul collapsed due to stubbornness influenced by external powers and hidden agendas. Last-minute efforts by Turkiye and…

THE dynamics of modern war have changed drastically in the last decade. War zones have moved from borders to inside countries with the induction of…

THE recently signed Pakistan–Saudi Arabia Defence Pact is a defining moment in the evolving geostrategic landscape of the Middle East and South Asia. It is…

Leaders of the South are conspiring against the US, as reflected in Trump’s statement. A grand event, the 25th SCO meet, just concluded in Tianjin,…

WILL India and Pakistan continue to take the path of confrontation, keeping almost 2 billion human beings in anguish and a perpetual state of war-like…

HOPES and fears, fireworks and reality define the evolving global strategic landscape, with astonishing fallout from the recent Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska. For the first…