26/11 they say, they faced, they cried for, they lit candles for, and they say again it is a new year, new dawn. A bunch of young men walked in to execute terror, led by misled ideologies, corrupt dictionary of a jehadi and an absolute indifference towards humanity. Whatever was said and done, there was [...]
On the 29th of December 2008, in the middest of her operation in Gaza, Israeli Defence Force Spokesperson’s Unit launched own YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/idfnadesk?ob=1). So far, 31 videos including clips from the front line as well as comments from officials were uploaded, and the channel was accessed close to one million times world wide. All [...]
The main question that many leaders in NATO and the EU are asking themselves after Russia’s adventure into Georgia is how to stop Russian forces from invading another country at will. But looking forward, beyond the recent incident in Georgia, the West has a bigger question to ask itself. The question is whether or not [...]
In Islamabad, a bomb exploded in Marriott hotel, and killed more than 50 people including the Czech Ambassador (as of 21 September). Allegedly, religious extremists and terrorists nesting in Pakistan conducted the strike, according to government officials, scholars, and journalists. Regardless of Pakistani position of the so-called “war on terrorism,” its unstable domestic security is [...]
Given the freedom of speech, I write this article NOT from the ANTI-Russian perspective. I aware that many civilians (2000 plus at the time of writing) have died in face of the Russian attacks. Some of my friends freed Georgia, while some still stay in the country. At the moment, Tbilisi declared the cease fire, [...]
On the 11th of June, I have an honor to attend an event with Dr. Ahmet Davutoglu, Chief Foreign Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey, held by Mr. Laxton MP (UK) and the Henry Jackson Society. Dr. Davutoglu, in his speech, emphasized the historical geography of Turkey as well as the future global vision [...]
In order to achieve effective results, that is turn ideological aims, goals and concepts into effective practice, policy makers need better vocabulary, similar to business managers, who need better vocabulary to effectively manage and derive optimal results from their team members. The idea stems from an interesting piece written by Nadeem Chauhan of Navitus Consultancy, [...]
NATO has been expanding. Many of the former Soviet-bloc countries are currently supporting the seemingly-unilateral American operation in Iraq. Furthermore, President Bush recently emphasized the necessity of wider and greater NATO cooperation in Iraq and Afghanistan, in which many assumed that Bush hoped to include Ukraine and Georgia into NATO in the near future. Russia [...]
Putin is no longer President of the Russian Federation, but he will be remembered as the leader of Russia at least for the next 20 years. Regardless how the Western media accuses him, Russians seem to love a strong leader who leads them from the misery of the post-Communist ruin. However, Putin had two big [...]
The only Islamic nuclear power in the world, Pakistan is an important country and its role as a strong US ally in the war against terrorism has further enhanced its significance. Since its independence, Pakistan has never been able to stable itself economically and politically, sometimes facing enormous foreign pressures and sometimes drowning in its [...]