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India is Lobbying to Put Pakistan on FATF’s Black-list: Will it Succeed?

Opinion
Having been the base for military operations that saw the Soviet Union defeated in Afghanistan in 1989 and, over a decade later in clashes with the West, during the US invasion of the Islamic Republic, which at the time was under Taliban rule, Pakistan has found it challenging, to say the least, in dealing with non-state armed groups and tribes that moved freely through its porous border.

The ICC vs. Israel: Three Main Scenarios

Opinion
Read: From Afghanistan to Palestine: ICC Tackles Politically Charged CasesFurthermore, Israel is openly attempting to intimidate the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to discontinue its cooperation with the ICC, as can be easily gleaned from the official Israeli discourse.

Why Did the United States Add Israel to CENTCOM?

Middle East
” Responding to the Soviet Union's intervention in Afghanistan in 1979 President Carter proclaimed: "any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force".

The Insurrection and Its Discontents: American Exceptionalism Revisited

Opinion
From the genocide of the Native Americans, to the enslaving of millions of Africans, to the never-ending interventions in South America - starting with the Monroe doctrine of 1823 - all the way to the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, American exceptionalism has always served the purpose of reinforcing the notion that America possesses a moral, divine right to do as it pleases for the betterment of mankind.

The Drone Warfare Revolution Has Arrived

Opinion
he use of armed drones, or Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs), continues to evolve nineteen years after a CIA MQ-1 Predator drone saw its unsuccessful combat debut over Kandahar, Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, in the first days of the so-called “War on Terror.