Why the West should worry about Turkey By Peter Marino
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appears to have beaten down his opponents and returned his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AK …
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It is undeniable that Pakistan’s inability to get re-elected to the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHCR) is a disappointing …
Read MoreGlobal Trade & Geo-Politics | Amna Ejaz Rafi
The former Director General of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, suggested to an audience in Melbourne in November 2012 that the …
Read MoreOur Nuclear Paradigm | Malik Muhammad Ashraf
Pakistan’s nuclear programme has all along been an eye sore for US and the Western countries. To begin …
Read MoreEconomic Prospects of CPEC | Sulman Ahmed
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is becoming an economic prospect not many nations of the world can ignore much longer. …
Read MoreThe Not-So-Great Game in Syria And How to End It By Andrew J. Tabler
In the last few weeks, Russia has returned to the Middle East through a direct military intervention in Syria. In …
Read MoreRegional & National Security Concerns | Ali Ashraf Khan
WHILE one can always find faults with our politicians and complaints about their failing in leading the nation, we should …
Read MoreA Syrian Awakening: How Washington Can Use the Russian Intervention to Force a Ceasefire
The Russian intervention in Syria has left U.S. policymakers in a quandary. The official line is that Russia’s move doesn’t fundamentally …
Read MoreThe Abandonment of Science by the Muslim World| Rafia Zakaria
The past achievements of prominent Muslims, particularly Muslim scientists, play an important role in the lives of living ones. In …
Read MoreIndia Nuke Plan Largest in Developing Nations
Washington—Stating that India has “one of the largest nuclear power programmes” among developing nations, a US-based think tank said by …
Read MoreThe Pak-US Roller Coaster | Mohsin Raza Malik
PM Nawaz Sharif has recently concluded his four-day official visit to the United States at the invitation of President Obama. …
Read MorePrivatisation of Public-Sector Assets | Farhat Ali
For attaining higher growth and boosting economy the government will have to go for mass-scale privatisation despite fierce opposition. This …
Read MoreWhy Afghanistan Needs the US | Muhammad Umar
President Obama announced earlier this month that he is abandoning his plan to completely pull out U.S. troops from Afghanistan, …
Read MoreA Geo-Economics-led World Order | M Ziauddin
A new international order seems to be emerging defined overwhelmingly by geo-economics rather than geopolitics. In this new order, the …
Read MoreIndia-China Relations | Mohammad Jamil
Relations between China and India have somewhat improved since a brief border war in 1962, but deep suspicion over a …
Read MoreThe Beginning of a New War | Nasurullah Brohi
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, this is the first time great powers have also come face to face …
Read MoreEducation System in Pakistan | Rafia Siddiqui
The education system of Pakistan is comprised of 260,903 institutions and is facilitating 41,018,384 students with the help of …
Read MorePak-Israel Relations | Lt Col Khalid Masood Khan (Retd)
Paradoxically, Pakistan and Israel can never have relations; nevertheless, there are many commonalities between both the countries. In geopolitical studies, …
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