Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan

academic at Tomsk State University

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Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan is a post-doctoral researcher at Tomsk State University. Ehsan has said he spent time in Kazan and in Tomsk, and that he teaches. He has said that as an academic he believes in objective reality, and that he set out to understand the concept of nihilism.

Education

Ehsan has previously completed a PhD focused on institutionalizing civilian control over the military. He is currently pursuing a doctorate at Tomsk State University. [1]

Career

Ehsan has said he spent time in Kazan and in Tomsk, and that he teaches. He has said that as an academic he believes in objective reality, and that he set out to understand the concept of nihilism. [1]

Views on Russia

Ehsan has said Russia existed as a great power before it declined and disintegrated, and that two decades of Putin in power turned it back into a great power. He has said Russia has long had a large oil and gas industry, and that its foreign reserves rose sharply under Putin after being very low. He has said Russia was involved in Syria, where it supported a client state. [1]

He has said Russia was not ready to accept NATO expansion and encroachment, and that it has support from China, Iran and North Korea. In his view, Russia has limited objectives, which it has already achieved, and is in a strong position at the negotiating table. He has said he does not think Russia plans to move out or threaten Europe, and that Putin will not back off. He has also said Russia lost the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 to 1905. [1]

Views on Pakistan

Ehsan has said that Pakistan's issue is energy, and that the pipeline from Iran has stopped at Pakistan's border. He has said the priority is first sorting out issues with neighbours and then externalizing more, and that internal political stability is needed, along with being on good terms with neighbours. [1]

He has said Afghan Taliban groups operate from sanctuaries across the border, and that Pakistan's problem with Afghanistan is, in his view, because of the Americans. He has said Pakistan has been in the American bloc for a long time, and that world powers want Pakistan to keep muddling through. [1]

Views on China, India and the United States

Ehsan has said the world is more divided than connected. He has said China and Russia both promote regional connectivity, and that the credit for lifting 600 million Chinese above the poverty line belongs to Deng Xiaoping. He has said Russia and China describe their partnership as unlimited, but that their ties are not a permanent relationship, and that the shared enmity toward the US is their main common interest. [1]

He has said India is a great power and a close defence and strategic partner of Russia. He has said India is losing no time or effort to project Pakistan as a nation and state that is not credible. [1]

On the United States, he has said America has taken the worst of three options in seeking to contain both Russia and China, and that the US has lost a great deal of moral credibility. He has said the US spent 300 million dollars a day during the Afghan war, and that it has no geography problem, being protected by two oceans. [1]

Views on Donald Trump

Ehsan has said Trump was the first US president after Carter not to start a new war, and that Trump claims he will end the Ukraine war in one day. He has said Trump reflects rising inequality and economic problems in the US, and that Trump has industrial capitalist backing and faces finance capitalist opposition. [1]

He has said Trump sincerely threatened NATO that he would cut its funding, and that Trump called NATO obsolete. He has said America First was the one major difference in Trump's first term, and that Trump would not want America to act as the world's policeman. He has said a possible Trump term could bring a window of change. [1]

Views on society

Ehsan has said wars come from fear and greed. He has said power is best expressed by sharing, in a pluralist society, and that a pluralist society would be at peace with itself. He has said people with different views can live together, as long as they do not interfere in others' lives, and that young people are reasonable despite the stress they face. [1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2024-09-25 Russia, China, and the world Pakistan keeps misreading Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan?

Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan is an academic who is currently pursuing a doctorate at Tomsk State University. He has previously completed a PhD focused on institutionalizing civilian control over the military.[1]

What does Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan do?

Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan is an academic who teaches. He is also pursuing a doctorate at Tomsk State University.[1]

Where did Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan study?

Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan is currently pursuing a doctorate at Tomsk State University. He has previously completed a PhD focused on institutionalizing civilian control over the military.[1]

What was Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan's PhD about?

Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan completed a PhD focused on institutionalizing civilian control over the military.[1]

What has Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan said about Russia?

Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan has said that two decades of Putin in power turned Russia back into a great power. He has said Russia has limited objectives, which it has already achieved, and that it is in a strong position at the negotiating table.[1]

What has Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan said about Pakistan's energy problem?

Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan has said that Pakistan's issue is energy. He has said the pipeline from Iran has stopped at Pakistan's border.[1]

References

  1. Russia, China, and the world Pakistan keeps misreading . Thought Behind Things , 2024-09-25.
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  1. Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan has previously completed a PhD focused on institutionalizing civilian control over the military. has previously completed a PhD focused on institutionalizing civilian control over the military
  2. Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan is currently pursuing a doctorate at Tomsk State University. is currently pursuing a doctorate at Tomsk State University
  3. He has said he spent time in Kazan and in Tomsk. when I was in Kazan and also in Tomsk, toh I had this opportunity to meet a lot of students
  4. He has said the world is more divided than connected. The world I think is more divided than being connected
  5. He has said Russia existed as a great power before it declined and disintegrated. Russia to as a great power exist karta tha but it went down and disintegrated
  6. He has said two decades of Putin in power turned Russia back into a great power. two decades of Putin's you know at the helm of affairs and he's managed to turn around the Russia and as a great power
  7. He has said Russia has long had a large oil and gas industry. it was always a great oil aur gas ki bahut badi industry thi
  8. He has said Russia's foreign reserves rose sharply under Putin after being very low. It had foreign reserves the bahut kam the, bahut rise kar gaye Putin ke time.
  9. He has said Russia was involved in Syria, where it supported a client state. its involvement in Syria where it went in and a client state ko usne support kiya
  10. He has said Russia was not ready to accept NATO expansion and encroachment. jab unhone expansion ki NATO ki aur encroachment shuru ki to Russia was not ready to accept it
  11. He has said Russia has support from China, Iran and North Korea. China se bhi support hai, Iran se bhi hai, North Korea se bhi hai
  12. He has said he does not think Russia plans to move out or threaten Europe. I don't think so Russia has any plans of moving out or threatening Europe
  13. He has said Russia has limited objectives, which it has already achieved. uske limited objectives hain jo usne achieve kar liye hain
  14. He has said Russia is in a strong position at the negotiating table. Russia is in a great position to be able to come on the negotiating table
  15. He has said Trump was the first US president after Carter not to start a new war. President Carter ke baad he is the which is like end of 80s uske baad he is the first American president jisne koi nayi war shuru nahi ki
  16. He has said Trump claims he will end the Ukraine war in one day. Ukraine ke related I think with President Putin he might find a way to he says that I will end this war in one day that's his statement
  17. He has said that Pakistan's issue is energy. hamara issue kya hai? Energy.
  18. He has said the pipeline from Iran has stopped at Pakistan's border. Iran ki jo pipeline hai woh hamare border ke upar aake ruki hui hai
  19. He has said the priority is first sorting out issues with neighbours and then externalizing more. We are talking about first being able to sort out our issues with our neighbors and then externalizing more
  20. He has said Afghan Taliban groups operate from sanctuaries across the border. yeh Afghan Taliban jo hai in the sanctuaries and all that they are operating from the other side of the border
  21. He has said Pakistan's problem with Afghanistan is, in his view, because of the Americans. our problem with Afghanistan, I think, is because of Americans.
  22. He has said world powers want Pakistan to keep muddling through. the whole interest of the powers in the world is for us to continue to muddle through
  23. He has said Russia lost the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 to 1905. And Russia lost the Russo-Japanese war 1904-1905.
  24. He has said internal political stability is needed, along with being on good terms with neighbours. internally humein stability lekar aani hai, political stability aur neighbors ke sath humein theek hona hai
  25. He has said India is a great power. India is a great power, there is no question about that now
  26. He has said India is a close defence and strategic partner of Russia. India uh is a very close uh defense and strategic partner of Russians
  27. He has said India is losing no time or effort to project Pakistan as a nation and state that is not credible. India is losing no time and no effort to continue to uh project us as as as as as a nation and a state which is not uh you know, credible
  28. He has said Pakistan has been in the American bloc for a long time. Pakistan is in a in a difficult situation in terms of how we have been in in the American block for such a long time
  29. He has said China and Russia both promote regional connectivity. China is a big promoter of such idea and it's not now, paray arsay se hai, Russians are also promoting
  30. He has said the US spent 300 million dollars a day during the Afghan war. America was spending 300 million dollars per day when it was fighting Afghan war
  31. He has said the credit for lifting 600 million Chinese above the poverty line belongs to Deng Xiaoping. 600 million Chinese jo poverty line se upar lane ka jo credit hai woh Deng Xiaoping ka hai
  32. He has said Putin will not back off. Mere hisaab se Putin is not going to back off
  33. He has said the US has lost a great deal of moral credibility. Moral credibility bahut erode ho gayi hai US ki
  34. He has said America has taken the worst of three options in seeking to contain both Russia and China. America ne teeno mein se sabse worst option leke dono ko contain karna chahta hai
  35. He has said the shared enmity toward the US is the main common interest of Russia and China. Sabse jo common interest hai, woh woh jo enmity hai towards uh towards US
  36. He has said Russia and China describe their partnership as unlimited. they have obviously said that they are their partnership is ship is unlimited
  37. He has said Russia and China's ties are not a permanent relationship. I don't think so that you can say it's a permanent uh permanent relationship
  38. He has said wars come from fear and greed. Ek fear ki wajah se aur ek greed ki wajah se
  39. He has said Trump reflects rising inequality and economic problems in the US. I think Trump is a manifestation of uh of the increasing inequality and the increasing problems within the economics in the US
  40. He has said Trump has industrial capitalist backing and faces finance capitalist opposition. Trump is backed by a lot of the sort of industrial capitalists, opposed by a lot of finance capitalists
  41. He has said Trump sincerely threatened NATO that he would cut its funding. where he sincerely threatened NATO uh ki yaar main tumhari funding kaat doonga
  42. He has said Trump called NATO obsolete. NATO ko usne obsolete keh diya. Uh aur aur isliye keh diya because he thought that ki jo contribution Americans ki hai
  43. He has said America First was the one major difference in Trump's first term. dekhein first time around it was the one great different policy that he had was America First
  44. He has said Trump would not want America to act as the world's policeman. he would not be pretty much interested in in considering uh America as the policeman of the world
  45. He has said a possible Trump term could bring a window of change. the way that I see Trump and a potential Trump regime is that we're going to see a window of change
  46. He has said the US has no geography problem, being protected by two oceans. Jabke America ko geography ka koi masla nahi hai because with two oceans on its one and the other side
  47. He has said he believes in objective reality as an academic. Main as an as a person from the academic world, I believe in the objective reality
  48. He has said power is best expressed by sharing, in a pluralist society. Pluralism is is you know, how power is best expressed. It is best expressed by sharing.
  49. He has said a pluralist society would be at peace with itself. A pluralist society would be a society that would be at peace with with itself
  50. He has said people with different views can live together, as long as they do not interfere in others' lives. as long as they don't interfere in your life, we should be able to live together
  51. He has said he set out to understand the concept of nihilism. Toh main I was trying to understand the concept of nihilism
  52. He has said he teaches. main inse bahut interact karta hoon, main padhata hoon
  53. He has said young people are reasonable despite the stress they face. Yeh youngsters jo hai na despite the stress that they are in, they are very reasonable