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Shahid R. Siddiqi
Shahid R. Siddiqi lives in Baltimore MD and in Pakistan. He served in the Pakistan Air Force and later joined the corporate sector with which he has remained associated until recently in Pakistan, the US and South Africa where he has held senior positions. Simultaneously, he has worked as a journalist and a broadcaster. He was the Bureau Chief of Pakistan & Gulf Economist, an English weekly published from Karachi (Pakistan). Siddiqi now writes on political and geopolitical subjects and his articles are carried by the daily newspapers such as Dawn and The Nation (Pakistan) and online publications such as Axis of Logic, Foreign Policy Journal, Middle East Times and Globalia. Contact the Author

  • Afghanistan and the U.S. Withdrawal
    Shahid R. Siddiqi. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic

    The US must address Pakistan’s security concerns to leave behind a stable AfPak region January 16, Axis of Logic - Despite some ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ related to US withdrawal expressed by some US officials following President Obama’s speech laying out his new policy on Afghanistan, there is absolutely no doubt... » read this article
  • Pakistan: Did Benazir Die For Democracy?
    Shahid R. Siddiqi. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic

    DID BENAZIR DIE FOR DEMOCRACY? Or is she being exalted in death to sanitize her successors who have leapfrogged into power? South Asians are sentimental people. Their romanticism and devotion to revered historical icons and deities over several thousand years has shaped their political psyche of nurturing personality cults. To... » read this article
  • It Is Your War Not Ours, Ms. Clinton
    Shahid R. Siddiqi , Foreign Policy Journal

    Pakistanis make their anger with the American policies very clear After three days of America-bashing that Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, endured during her recent visit she must have carried back interesting baggage - some realistic and troubling assessments about how Pakistanis look upon the war on terror that America... » read this article
  • America’s Options in Afghanistan
    Shahid R. Siddiqi , Foreign Policy Journal

    The neo-cons with Dick Cheney in the lead, who at that time represented oil interests, had visualized multiple advantages in colonizing Afghanistan much before 9/11 occurred and George W. Bush assumed presidency. For controlling and moving oil and gas from Caspian Sea and Central Asia, which deposits are considered critical... » read this article
  • Exclusive: Pakistan: On The Edge of The Precipice
    Shahid R. Siddiqi. Axis of Logic , Axis of Logic

    Driven by paranoia with resurgent Islam as a threat to the established social order in the West and their obsession to control this very important oil rich region, American strategists have toyed with the idea of redrawing political boundaries of Islamic states along ethnic lines. The American attack on Afghanistan... » read this article
  • US, China: changing relationship
    Shahid R. Siddiqi , Dawn

    HENRY Kissinger’s initiative of visiting Beijing, thanks to Pakistan’s role in opening doors, ended China’s alienation and marked the beginning of a Washington-Beijing relationship that blossomed into an extremely close bilateral, mutually beneficial economic partnership. The interdependence of the two countries in this age of hyper globalisation is in complete... » read this article
  • Articles by Shahid R. Siddiqi - 2009
    Editorial Group , Axis of Logic

    Afghanistan To send or not to send is the question! Will Obama send additional troops to Afghanistan? October 4, 2009   Pakistan Exclusive. Pakistan On The Edge of The Precipice September 28, 2009 China US, China: changing relationship September 20, 2009 Critical Analysis/Pakistan Jinnah to Zardari. The Journey of a... » read this article
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