Brig Tariq Khalil

  GEOGRAPHY is destiny. You can be friends or enemies, but cannot change the geography destined for the two neighbours, India and Pakistan. Today Indian…

  THE war has escalated and involved other regional countries. The dynamic is becoming more horrendous and disastrous. President Putin is trying to mediate between…

  The war on Iran has already been launched. The Grand Plan is initiated. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s outburst should be taken seriously. In this…

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…