To paraphrase a famous quote, madness is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. This about sums up the insanity of Iraq’s alliance with the democracy that never was since the US instituted regime change in 2003 at gunpoint. After the elections this Sunday, Iraqis will have been asked to […]
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.”~Edward W. Said, author and professor. We have heard many times that “America is an experiment” or that “America is a work in progress”, being a relatively […]
Last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, caused a stir when her attempt at performative dissent with her “Tax the Rich” dress at the ritzy Met Gala backfired and invited accusations of selling out. This week, she’s caused another round of controversy on the left with her surprising decision to vote “present” […]
“Afghanistan’s territory should not be used to threaten and attack any country or to shelter, finance or train terrorists”, said Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) thus passed an India-sponsored resolution on Afghanistan amid the withdrawal of US troops, ending the two-decades long war. India showed the highest degree […]
“To resurrect Mujib,” RAW implied to Hasina, “you have to destroy Zia.” Sheikh Hasina was on self-exile in India from 1975 and was under an extensive brainwashing program under the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India’s external intelligence agency. She returned to Bangladesh in 1981. Within two weeks, President Ziaur Rahman was assassinated and RAW’s […]
In the end, the Taliban movement’s much-awaited cabinet reveal seems to be a bit of a damp squib. The Islamist militants that overran Afghanistan with whirling speed in summer 2021 took a full three weeks to announce their interim cabinet before setting up an “inclusive” government. When they did, observers could be pardoned for placing […]
“To subjugate another is to subjugate yourself.” For the past thirteen years, Bangladesh has been suffering from two acute syndromes: Indian hegemony and fascism under its protégé, Sheikh Hasina. Let’s take a look. Indian Eye on Bangladesh From day one of the partition of British India on religious divide in 1947, India continued to cast […]
After nearly 20 long years without bloodshed by the Taliban, the conquest of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, has changed many geopolitical dilemmas, including those of South Asia. Military and social science analyses are underway on what factors have worked behind the rapid success of the Taliban. However, international political analysts have kept track of […]
The Taliban may have been fighting to regain power for the past 20 years, but having lost most of those who misgoverned Afghanistan the last time around, their cave-dwelling leadership has no idea what to do with a victory that surprised them more than it surprised the outside world. These are people whose organizational experience […]
Shadow government as an insurgent organization is one thing; official rule quite another. The Taliban movement took about ten days to overrun Afghanistan and capture its capital with extraordinary ease. Some ten days later, however, they have yet to announce a government. This might seem a paradox, but reflects the circumstances in which the Taliban […]