Tag: Shahzad Chaudhry Articles
The next Afghan war – Shahzad Chaudhry
Scenario 1. The Taliban sweep continues unabated with mild to moderate hindrance from government forces and the militias but given a rapidly waning government...
How brave is brave? – Shahzad Chaudhry
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent statement to an interviewer, “Absolutely not”, has been widely lauded in the domestic circles for its un-ambiguity. It indicated...
The end-game – Shahzad Chaudhry
Ashraf Ghani isn’t going down alone. He will take the entire house down and the neighbour’s dog. And whatever else he can lay his...
Who might rule over us in 2023? – Shahzad Chaudhry
Or 2022, if you know what I mean. Assuming a normal run of events it is easy to conclude that the PPP blew its...
2019 — the year of the street – Shahzad Chaudhry
Only a few bits saved Pakistan from making 2019 its “annus horribilis”. The spark of the promise led by the youth of South Asia...
A democrat’s quandary – Shahzad Chaudhry
China has upturned the democratic scales in no uncertain way. Democratic politics was associated with free-market capitalism and helped all of Europe and the...
The one-metre jitter – Shahzad Chudhary
The year 1979 struck the global status-quo hard. There were tremors that seemed mild but had deep reverberations. Iran changed hands from a steady...
Beyond the speech – Shahzad Chaudhry
Germany was one until it was divided into East Germany and West Germany following WWII. But then when the artificiality of the order weakened...
‘Houston, we have a problem – Shahzad Chaudhry
Houston is the fastest emerging hub of Indian immigrants to the United States (US). Of the 150,000 Indian-Americans in the city, 50,000 gathered at...
The real imbroglio – Shahzad Chaudhry
Making war is easy, finding peace is hard; and, all wars are fought to find peace. There isn’t a bigger conundrum than what faces...