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Jaffar Express Hijacking Exposes Pakistan’s Failing Strategy in Balochistan

Mehrzaad Baluch

The hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan has once again drawn attention to the region’s long-running insurgency..

History of Invaders and Gladiators

Dr Saulat Nagi

The history of India, Marx says, is the history of invaders. A brief and chequered history of Pakistan on the other hand, can be summed up by Hans Hellumut Kirst’s novel, a German writer who..

Palestine and Israel – A Primer

Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar

The conflict between Palestinian Arabs and Zionist (now Israeli) Jews is a modern phenomenon, originating at the end of the 19th century..

One Hundred Plus Years of the Communist Movement in India

On October 17, 2020, the Indian communist movement looked back on a century of courageous resistance against tyranny, oppression, and exploitation.

The return of the National Question – IV

Social crises and nationalism today

Chris Harman

The central contention of this article so far is that the mystery of the nation state disappears when it is seen as the typical form of political administration associated with the advance of capitalism, from its beginnings in the western fringe of Europe to its present day conquest of the whole world..

The Pakistani Revolution – IX

W B Bland

Pursuing its offensive against the leaders of the Awami League (AL), in January 1968 the government announced the discovery of a new ‘conspiracy’..

The Elusive Self

Navid Shahzad

In Pakistan-India relations, the past continues to weigh the heaviest as both countries attempt to wipe the slate clean of their respective collective history..

The return of the National Question – III

Nationalism since the First World War

Chris Harman

There can be little doubt that Lenin was right in his argument against Rosa Luxemburg and others that the development of capitalism was leading to a proliferation of new nationalisms..

The Pakistani Revolution – VIII

The ‘Six Points’

W B Bland

In February 1966 Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, the President of the Awami League (AL), put forward a six-point programme…

Book Review

Salman Rafi Sheikh: The genesis of Baloch nationalism: Politics and ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947-1977 (Routledge, Abingdon, 2018)

Jamison Heinkel

Salman Rafi Sheikh’s The genesis of Baloch nationalism: Politics and ethnicity in Pakistan, 1947-1977 delves into the complexities of the Pakistani Baloch conflict, challenging the conventional narrative that attributes it solely to obstinate tribal leaders and external conspiracies..