The American embassy attack in Yemen has re-highlighted the concern of security analysts of a the security situation in the country. An important base for Al-Qaeda, Yemen occupies a pivotal role in the geo-political security environment in the Middle East. How is Yemen dealing with Al-Qaeda and is the west giving due importance to the impoverished Middle Eastern nation is looked into.
Pakistan has been in the public glare recently for all the wrong reasons. Where has the frontline ally fallen into the frontline battleground against terror? This piece comments on the external mis-dealings of Pakistani policy and how it would be viewed in the coming times.
On November 3rd, a Dutch soldier was killed in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan, an addition to the casualties in the Country. October marked the seventh anniversary of the initiation of hostilities against the Taliban regime and there remains very little to celebrate. Afghanistan is marred by a resu...
A suspected Syrian nuclear site was bombed by Israeli jets in September. To many commentators, the air raid was a dry run for an attack on an Iranian nuclear site. Iran’s ambiguous nuclear program and its unwillingness to cater to its international obligations have pushed it into a hard corner. Indi...