Turkey and Tehran: Caught between a rock and a hard place
Turkey’s besting Iran in the contest for the hearts and minds of advocates of change in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East and North …
Kategorie: Portals
Spain’s economic crisis creates opportunity for Al Jazeera
A refusal by Spanish commercial television stations to bid at current rates for rights to broadcast next season’s top league Spanish soccer matches creates an …
Pakistan — Civil Military Relations in Pakistan
The three A’s that dominate the destiny of Pakistan are the Army, Allah and America — not necessarily in that order. Today the power play …
India — Jointness For The Armed Forces — Indian Perspective
Gen Chakravorty talks of Synergy and Jointness in the Indian context. He cites extensively, examples from recent global history. We must look at the American …
Iran/UAE — UAE cancels soccer match amid mounting tension with Iran
Increasingly strained relations between Iran and oil-rich Arab Gulf states spilled on to the soccer pitch this weekend with the United Arab Emirates cancelling a …
Großbritannien — Perspektiven für die Falklandinseln? — Eine Analyse 30 Jahre nach dem Falklandkrieg
Im Jahr 2012 jährt sich der Falklandkrieg zum 30. Mal und somit der bisherige Höhepunkt des fast 180 Jahre andauernden Souveränitätsdisputs über die Falklandinseln oder …
Iran/Qatar — The struggle for Syria: Iran-Qatar Ties Come under Stress
Synopsis The struggle by Syrian opposition forces to topple the Assad regime is sharpening tensions between Iran and Qatar and threatens sectarian fault lines elsewhere …
Indien – Indiens MiG-21 Nachfolger RAFALE
RAFALE für Indien Im August 2007 startete Indien die Ausschreibung für den bislang größten Kampfflugzeugdeal des noch jungen Jahrhunderts. Indien möchte seine MiG-21 Bestände ersetzen …
Egypt — Collaboration with Mubarak costs Vodafone soccer sponsorship and fans
Little did Vodafone’s Egypt unit know what it was bargaining for when it inked a three-year $9 million sponsorship deal with Al Ahly SC, Egypt …
Saudi Arabia — Conservative Saudi crown prince endorses female participation in Olympics
Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud has approved plans for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom to send female athletes to the Olympics for the …
Qatar — Alcohol debate shines light on divisions in Qatari society
Delegates to a high-powered international sports security conference had a glimpse this week of Qatar’s internal debate about how far the Gulf state should go …
India — India’s Nuclear Dilemma
A highly cerebral former Vice Chief of the Army reflects upon the recent introduction of Nasr Tactical Nuclear Missiles by the Pak Army. He feels …
Asia — Limited War and Escalation in South Asia
The status of India and Pakistan as declared nuclear powers with growing nuclear arsenals has raised the risks of a nuclear exchange between them, if …
Guantanamo — Soccer in Guantanamo – a duel between Republicans and Democrats
A row in the US Congress over Pentagon spending on a soccer pitch for suspected terrorists incarcerated in Guantanamo focuses attention on the importance of …
India — Nuclear neighbourhood: Challenges for India
An excellent civilian perspective on the aspect of Limited wars against a Nuclear backdrop. India is perhaps the only country that faces the challenges arising …
Asia — Limited Wars in South Asia: Against the Nuclear Backdrop
When we consider the nature of wars in South Asia, which includes China’s border with South Asian nations, at the outset, two important facts need …
Saudi Arabia — Human Rights Watch condemns Saudi restriction of women’s sports
International human rights group Human Rights Watch has accused Saudi Arabia of kowtowing to assertions by the country’s powerful conservative Muslim clerics that female sports …
Syria — Crooning goalkeeper leads Homs protests
Abdelbasset Saroot’s promising future as a goalkeeper dims as Syrian forces encroach ever more on opposition strongholds in the battered city of Homs. A 20-year …
Deutschland — Die Klasse 216: U‑Boote für den weltweiten Einsatz
Mit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges begann eine Neuausrichtung der Seestreitkräfte der meisten Länder. Während des Ost-West-Konfliktes waren viele Seestreitkräfte auf die Verteidigung der heimischen …
Allgemein — Trainingsflugzeuge der Welt
Immer neue Kampfflugzeuggenerationen werden in die Luftwaffen der Welt eingeführt. Sie verlangen ihren Piloten immer wieder Neues ab. Aber der Betrieb der neuen Flugzeuggenerationen ist …