Pakistan’s nuclear program in the presence of New Delhi-Islamabad rivalry cannot simply be studied without understanding the role of United States in South Asia. The American involvement in the subcontinent initiated from the British colonial retreat when an international wave of decolonization created Pakistan parallel to declaring India as an independent state. Further political developments…
The debate on Pakistan’s Army and its role in addressing the mainstream security challenges has become one of the essential features of international intellectual communities. The academic communities’ circles from diverse backgrounds have varying opinions on the Army’s role in Pakistan. The book under review provides a comprehensive account of the army’s sacrifices and their…
As I put down reading ‘Blood over Different Shades of Green’, I am struck by the partnership it garnered in Ikram Sehgal, Chand to family and friends, and Bettina Robotka: academician, scholar of history, student-linguist of South Asian languages and, as if, by “whim of God”, drawn to walks around the promenade in Karachi, in…
Today, I’m going to tell you a true story which has more plot twists than an ISPR funded movie gone right. Imagine a Pakistani soldier, spending 99 days in Indian custody as a prisoner of war. While in prison, the Indian guards try to break his sprits with torture, keeping him hungry for days and…
Nations are built first and foremost on geographical grounds. It is an integrative process that must unite different ethnic, religious, cultural and economic entities into a community of equals. There must be a unity of purpose and equity amongst the constituent units. A superficial national identity is easy to create by appealing to emotions, waving…
Ikram! I finished the book two days back. In the absence of a forum like Amazon or Goodreads to write a review (since your book is not published there), I thought of completing the courtesy by writing this feedback. This book ripped open the healed wounds all over again. A painful chapter of our history…
This book is history of the last chapter of united Pakistan in 1971. Ikram Sehgal is in a unique position to write about the separation of eastern wing of Pakistan and emergence of independent Bangladesh. His father was Punjabi and mother Bengali, he had personal relations with Bengali and non-Bengali senior political and military leaders….
Routledge Handbook of Air Power is a comprehensive study of various aspects of air power, ranging from the historical to the futuristic. It examines as many as thirty topics related to the utility and applicability of contemporary air power. The book is edited by John Andreas Olsen, a serving Colonel in the Norwegian Air Force,…
The debate on civil-military relations usually refer to the civil-military balance in the internal politics of a state. In such debates the role of the armed forces along with the performance of civilian politicians has remained under discussion. A perplexing working limit between the officers of armed forces and civilian authorities, particularly in states of…
The changing geopolitical dynamics of world politics and their relevance to the great power politics has thrust Pakistan in the limelight in the contemporary international system. China’s economic rise under the One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR) or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) introduced the idea of economic integration which is inherited in Beijing’s…
