Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The term “New Normal” is generally used for a scenario which is above normal and where the threshold of the existing situation is raised above normal, demanding a new strategy to be adopted and where new parameters are set and new measures are taken as and when the situation demands. […]
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan (As a sequel to my earlier writing on the same topic). The melodramatic denouement of the recent Pak-India conflict has not only shattered the long-held hegemonic ambitions of India which it has been harbouring for the last five decades but has also recalibrated the balance of power in South Asia
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The recent undeclared brief but intense Indo-Pak war which lasted for only four days before it came to a sad ending for India in the shape of an unexpected and humiliating denouement, has utterly baffled not only the Indian military but also the war strategists world over. Our arch-nemesis which
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan In a surprising yet expected strategic move, President Donald Trump has decided to make a reentry into Afghanistan, this time not using force but through a discreet diplomacy and negotiations. This resurgence of US interest in Afghanistan is quite understandable due to a host of reasons, the strategic significance of
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Amidst tariff crossfire between the two economic giants of the world, i.e. the US and China, a stark economic uncertainty is gripping the global economy with a potential to eventually leading to an irreversible economic meltdown, thus bringing the global economy to a grinding halt. US-China tariffs trade war underscores
