Erdogan rules by division and Turkey pays a price
ahsanBy David Gardner President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, a titan to his adoring admirers and a tyrant to his despairing critics, has got his way again. Against all forecasts,…
Can the counterinsurgency doctrine be saved?
By Karsten Friis With the apparent lack of progress and success in Afghanistan and Iraq, counterinsurgency (COIN) has fallen out of favor within the political and military establishments in the…
Bangladesh on the brink
By Tahmima Anam Over the last few weeks, the body count of intolerance has been unbearably high in Bangladesh. It started when an Italian aid worker named Cesare Tavella was…
Minorities in Indian polity
By Kadayam Subramanian The UN Declaration on Minorities, 1992 brings out the need for special attention to the 'national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities'. The Constitution of India, 1950…
Cashing in on the decision to keep US troops in Afghanistan
By Kate Brannen Why Obama dropping his promise to end America's longest war is going to give contractors billions of dollars. In August, the nation's top military officer came to…
Putin’s plan
The latest meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club (its 12th) took place in Sochi. As always, the participants talked about a wide range of issues in contemporary international life, arguing…
Putins initiative for global peace
By Gen Mirza Aslam Beg Russian military intervention in Syria is a deliberate act, based on years of planning. Putin solved domestic problems; re-juvinated the armed forces; ensured security of…
The Islamic State’s trap for Europe
By Harleen Gambhir Last week, President Obama said that the Islamic State is “ contained ” in Iraq and Syria, but the group's attacks in Paris soon afterward showed that…
Embarrassing and dumb
By James J Zogby “When I entered the prime minister's office for my second term, I was summoned to Washington. 'Not one brick', they told me… The pressure from the…
Living in pitiless times – Baghdad, Beirut and Paris
By Vijay Prasha A week of horrible carnage bomb blasts in Beirut and Baghdad and then the cold-blooded shootings in Paris. Each of these acts of terror left dead bodies…
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