Tag: Saeed Naqvi
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But for Atal Behari Vajpayee, Kurdish Iraq was nearly ours
Hard to believe, but Mosul, currently in the news, would have been ours today had Atal Behari Vajpayee not played spoil sport.
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With skates on, Turkey could slip into Syrian quagmire
A new pirouette has begun in Syria. Only after the US elections will it become clear who is on the dance floor and who is sinking in a quagmire.
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Zakir Naik’s fortunes and loss of Saudi clout
Zakir Naik, Islamic evangelist with rock star ratings, could be only temporarily in trouble. Come November and he may be able to find apologists in the NDA government.
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Individual hackings and terror attacks in Bangladesh: A whodunnit
The basic conflict in Bangladesh is between modernism and Islamism. Contrary to ones expectations, all modernists are not necessarily lined up behind Sheikh Hasina.
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Benign origins of ISIS until it rose to catastrophic heights
If information is power, then those who wield this power control the drift of international discourse. Chinese, Russians, Iranians are not classical democracies but have learnt this lesson.
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Trump an outcome of the Bush world disorder
Should he become President in November, Trump will have George W. Bush to thank. He is a product of the chaotic world order left behind by Bush and which Barack Obama failed…