The Big Picture

Manufacturing a threat to justify a war against Iran has been on the Israeli agenda since the 1979 Revolution

According to Chomsky, "Pakistan is indeed a disaster, in many ways."

Pakistan is the only country in the region which is ostensibly on talking terms with both Iran and Saudi Arabia

Chomsky believes that, "There is no such thing as a rosy or cynical view of human nature."

Nearly five decades after being traumatised by a brutal independence movement, Bangladesh has come out roaring

I sent him an email out of curiosity and, what started as an occasional email exchange, soon turned into a habit

Pakistan’s role in containing or escalating the conflict in the region can prove to be crucial

Trump is enthralled by the pageantry of the military and the ‘glory’ of war, yet he himself has never served

The killing of an Iranian general in the face of an outraged Iran will work well for Trump's electoral narrative

Pakistan has a lot to learn from Turkey about knowing when limits imposed by foreign stakeholders need to be pushed