The Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, gave a profound speech as chief guest at the recent passing out parade of Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. It was a great honour for his person as well as for Pakistan to be invited on this august occasion and a recognition of his contribution to the war on terror. It was also a testimony of the deep-rooted and historical relationship that exists between the two countries.
General Bajwa’s talk in essence encapsulated the essential elements of achieving global peace through a just and broad-based global order. It obviously had idealistic overtones but on events like these motivating cadets who are being launched in a real world stretching their dreams and ambitions in their new careers is a must. But that was not all, his speech focusing on supremacy of international law and its fidelity must have Kashmir and Palestine in mind. There cannot be a more glaring example of prejudices and biased priorities of major powers as in respect of these issues. So was the General’s reference to collective defence a way of preventing or finding solutions to intractable conflicts as between the two South Asian neighbours or between Russia and Ukraine and the growing US-China tensions. The present world order has failed to address these conflicts, in fact is accentuating them. And it is becoming clear that the world has to continue living with the harsh reality that might’s right. Multilateral institutions have been flouting the...
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