new cold war or new global tinderbox?

At least however, it also proved remarkably in which, despite local conflicts of many sorts, United States and Soviet Union both sought to avoid the kinds of direct confrontations that might have triggered catastrophe. ..

a brief history of the anti-blasphemy laws

With hindsight, the PPP’s non-involvement in the election was a mistake, as it allowed forces allied with Zia to further propagate and consolidate their agenda. . ... The incidents of Quranic desecration were seen as but another example of the activities of dark forces aligned against..

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turkey, russia resurrect a ‘concert of europe’ to resolve syrian

Yet, European political backing on this issue is unlikely to rein in Damascus: illustratively, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime as well as allied Iranian proxies broke the deal, on October 26, by attacking the Idlib and Hama provinces villages of Atşan, Lahaya, Um Celal and Sukiyat..

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