OPINION
Zelensky & Putin: Can the world make a narrow escape?
It takes two to tango. The proverb is seemingly a failed dictum today. The ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict is at best due to the whim of one. For Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has triggered a major military conflict in Europe with the potential to kick off a world war, there have been some surreal ideas that he has an appointment with history, with fate.
Peshawar suicide bombing of a Shia mosque raises a question: Can Pakistan's sectarian divide ever be bridged?
At least 40 people killed and more than 60 injured when a powerful blast ripped through an imambargah in Peshawar's Kocha Risaldar area during Friday prayers. According to the Peshawar Police Commissioner, a suicide bombing was the cause of the carnage.
Pakistan signs trade deal with Russia amid war--how will the IMF react?
Pakistan has become the first country to officially sign a huge trade deal with Russia at a time when Moscow has come under severe criticism for invading Ukraine. As part of the agreement, Pakistan will import two million tonnes of wheat and natural gas from Russia.
Did ex-ISI chief contact Pak oppn members to foil no trust move against Imran?
Major General Babar Iftikhar, spokesperson for the Pakistan Army and DG ISPR, has said that all talk about an individual, recently posted in Peshawar, contacting opposition members to foil the proposed no-trust move against Prime Minister Imran Khan is mere speculation, The News reported.
The Russian Gambit: What drives Putin's actions?
It is debatable if Russia's actions now or earlier in Ukraine, or say, Georgia nearly a decade back, or in Chechnya even earlier, or the contrary stance to some policies of the US and its allies are good or bad (morally, that is -- and this is a sentiment more cited than followed in international politics), or if it is on the "right path" under Vladimir Putin, but it is important to know what and how its political leaders think, and what they want?
Why India needs to pursue neutrality over Ukraine
Diplomacy, though, is not ruled by emotion or moral pressure; it is more about strategy and long-term prospects. India abstained from voting on the US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution that deplored in "strongest terms" Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The move did not come as a surprise. Maintaining a balance between the US-led front and Russia has always been the foremost part of India's diplomacy. And it rightly followed this tradition.
Germany's military renaissance
In a historic announcement to the parliament, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Sunday additional funding of 100 billion euro to boost Germany's armed forces, besides a sustained increase in its defence spending over the coming years. Germany was at the centre of the flared-up conflict between Russia and Ukraine as the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, bypassing Ukraine, played a major role in flaring up the sentiments on both sides.
India's rise as major influence on global issues of war & peace
The new US President reached out to NATO in a declared policy of reviving and banking on the strategic bonds with allies across the Atlantic whereas Donald Trump had de-emphasised EU, generally decried the tendency of the friendly countries to put the entire burden of security on America and welcomed Brexit as an event that enabled the UK to 'get back the country'.
Centre can't absolve itself of its role in worsening fiscal health of states
Even on the verge of elections in five states, Union Budget 2022 was surprising for its restraint in not resorting to populist measures. Yet, while much of the debate focused on whether the decision to expand capital expenditure (at the cost of revenue expenditure) was the right one in the current time, what has received relatively less attention are implications of the Union Budget on the fiscal health of the states.
Chinese 'humaneness' = Japanese 'inhumaneness'
Later days, the Chinese communist system, which was ridden with crises, turned the hatred of Chinese people against the government and internal conflicts elsewhere to prolong the life of this system by gradually expanding the atmosphere of Chinese chauvinism and nationalism. For this purpose, a lot of historical movies were produced to brainwash people, along with aggressive political propaganda and projects of re-engineering, etc.
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