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Brass tacks, Akbar Bugti and the RAW’s game in Baluchistan

Let me share with you another fascinating untold secret story where Brasstacks was directly involved in defending Baluchistan and Pakistan from RAW backed rebellion of Akbar Bugti in 2005-6. By…

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Saudi Arabia & Turkey ‘alliance’

By Salman Rafi While Saudi Arabia & Turkey seek Assad's exit from Syria, Ankara wants him to be replaced by Muslim Brotherhood's Syria branch which will be totally unacceptable to…

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Iran’s voters sent a message to the hard-liners

By Robin Wright Iranians revel in political humor. Over the weekend, as election results began to show that long-entrenched hard-liners were losing, a new joke circulated in Tehran: Foreign Minister…

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Bosnia as a model for securing Syria

By Edward P. Joseph Michael O'hanlon Strangely, as a very shaky and probably temporary cessation of hostilities begins in parts of Syria, the idea of restoring a strong unified Syrian…

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Outcome of Syria crisis to determine balance of powers in Middle East

Tehran, March 10, IRNA A senior analyst believes that the outcome of the Syrian crisis would shed light on the balance of understanding of politics in the Middle East. Hossein…

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Why is Xi Jinping the reformer resorting to rule by fear?

By : Goh Sui Noi After what seemed like an initial reformist turn, Chinese President Xi Jinping appears to be changing course. Soon after taking power in late 2012, he…

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Capturing the benefits of Chinese investment

By Peter Drysdale & Neil Thomas Chinese investment has increased from virtually zero to becoming Australia's fifth-largest source of foreign direct investment over the past decade. Chinese investment has grown…

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Pakistan’s Navy – A Quick Look

Traditionally the junior service, operating in the Army's shadow and receiving a ten percent share of the 2015 defence budget of $6.6 billion, Pakistan's Navy personnel numbers more than 22,000…

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Pakistan’s F-16s – Finding a fair price

By Michael Krepon A message to Congress, Sell F-16s to Pakistan at a steep cost. Pakistan relations are never stress-free. At issue now is whether the U.S. Congress will allow…

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Today’s tempest

By F.S. Aijazuddin Pakistan's politics and its television channels run like its sewage and fresh water pipelines. All it needs is for one to burst for the other to become…

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