Syed Wajahat Ali

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Feb 24, 2016, 1:46 PM

The Dangerous Road to Damascus

What started off as a regional civil war almost half a decade back in Syria is now on the verge of expanding into a major international crisis which is slowly drifting towards an all-out war between regional powers involved...

Jan 5, 2016, 1:02 PM

Nimr al-Nimr: The Christ of Saudi Arabia?

The execution of Nimr al-Nimr need not be seen as an act of Saudi hostility toward Iran

Apr 3, 2015, 6:28 PM

Tournament of Shadows

Last year in August, I wrote a blog post for the Pakistani Newspaper, Express Tribune hinting at the Strategic Shift that the US is busy implementing in the Middle East. A brief excerpt from the said blog is as follows: “The...

Sep 7, 2014, 11:54 AM

Iran’s American Policy?

A recent US DoD report concluded that Iran’s military capacity is that of ‘defensive’ configuration. This is highly uncharacteristic of the DoD which has historically exaggerated Iran’s capability. However, since the ascension of Hasan Rouhani in Iran, the relationship...

Sep 6, 2014, 9:39 PM

The End of History

"What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution...

Sep 3, 2014, 10:30 AM

Obama’s Iranian policy

“We don’t have a strategy against ISIS” are the type of remarks that you would not expect from a country who is considered to be the most powerful superpower second only to the Roman Empire with military presence in...

Aug 20, 2014, 1:29 PM

Israel’s periphery strategy

After its inception, Israel soon realized that reliance on traditional fire power cannot and will not always prove to be a feasible and wise option in the longer run against surrounding belligerent Arab states. With this realization came the...

Aug 11, 2014, 12:02 PM

A good day to wage war

The timing of every military campaign is crucial and contributes primarily in the achievement of its prime goal regardless of its overall nature.The current war that Israel finds itself in against Hamas is one such example of a timely...

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Syed Wajahat Ali is just another Machiavellian living in an Orwellian society based in Pakistan.