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Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The unexpected resistance put up by Iran wreaking massive damage and high casualty rates to Israel and the US military bases in the Gulf countries has changed the calculus of war for the invading forces, thus turning the tables on both the US and Israel forcing them to abandon their […]

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The US and Israel’s joint operation against Iran didn’t come as a bolt from the blue; it was a sequel of a long-term meticulous planning spanning over several decades. The invasion was a writing on the wall and a foregone conclusion after the farcical negotiations failed to find a peaceful

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan With both the US and Iran sticking to their guns and not prepared to budge even an inch from their hard stance, threats of a military conflict are looming large over the horizon eclipsing the prospects of negotiations for a deal to succeed. Both the countries are rapidly sliding towards

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The interrogatory theme that I have picked up for today\’s deliberation makes it a subject of an intense debate. It may sound quite baffling to some of the valued readers, in the first instance. Nonetheless, it makes a strong relevance in the context of unusual weather-related occurrences which have wreaked

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The US-India tariff war reminds me of the famous saying attributed to former US secretary of state Henry Kissenger which goes: “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal”.  They say there is no permanent friend or foe in international relations. Today’s sworn