Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2019 By Muhammad Asif Noor
On May 22, Bishkek will be hosting meeting of Foreign Ministers of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) wherein …
Read MoreAmerican Hustle – What Mueller Found—and Didn’t Find—About Trump and Russia By Stephen Kotkin
Robert Mueller III played lacrosse and majored in government at Princeton. He graduated in 1966 and soon thereafter volunteered for …
Read MoreWhy China Is Not Backing Down in the Trade War By Weifeng Zhong
The past couple of weeks have seen a dramatic downturn in the U.S.-China trade negotiations wiping out over $1 trillion …
Read MoreRegime change focus of Trump’s China strategy By News desk
DONALD J Trump has faced numerous obstacles in his life, many of which would have destroyed the career of a …
Read MoreAmerica’s dangerous game against Iran By Dr Moonis Ahmar
The recent offensive posture of the United Sates against Iran, focusing on the age-old theory of ‘regime change’, reflects a …
Read MoreAfter Modi’s win | Editorial
FOR the world’s largest democracy, the writing is on the wall: communal politics in India has triumphed in an age …
Read MoreThe cost of economic dependency By Ayaz Ahmed
Pakistan’s protracted economic reliance on the US and some international financial institutions (IFIs) has seemingly deprived our geo-economically important country …
Read MoreBeware of geo-economics By Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Today, we are at the threshold of a new geopolitical and geo-economic world order; in which the methods of commerce …
Read MoreTurkish army pull out will bring peace to Northern Syria By Firas Samuri
In mid-January 2018, the Turkish General Staff announced the beginning of the Olive Branch Operation. The goal was to oust …
Read MoreAvoiding Another Iraq in Iran | By Will Walldorf, Andrew Yeo
National Security Advisor John Bolton is trying to push the United States into a regime change war in Iran. In …
Read MoreRe-engineering of economy | Dr Farid A Malik
Most of the debt driven economies of the 20th century never made it. The ‘Shylocks’ got them. People’s Republic of …
Read MoreCurrent global terrorism dimensions and failure of world leaders By Senator Rehman Malik
We are living in a world where the threat perception with different dimensions is increasing day by day and the …
Read MoreChances of war between the US and Iran | By Muhammad Jamil
DESPITE the fact that Washington sent a heavily armed carrier strike group USS Abraham Lincoln to the Persian Gulf, and …
Read MoreThe Adjustment Months: Pakistan, IMF, and Beyond By Ammar Habib Khan
In October, 2018, we wrote about what to expect from the IMF Extended Fund Facility and how that affects you …
Read MoreCPEC and industry relocation | By Hasaan Khawar
Should we expect any Chinese industry to relocate to Pakistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)? And if it happens, …
Read MoreDynastic politics must be over By Dr Nasreen Akhtar
FOR several decades, Pakistan has been experiencing dynastic rule by the Bhutto and Sharif families. Surprisingly election 2018 ended the …
Read MoreAfghan Talks: Sticking points include the spoiling role of India By Jan Achakzai
As Doha talks have entered into a very crucial phase, there are signs of some critical issues defying the consensus …
Read MoreClimate change: Sea level rise could displace millions of people within two generations | Jonathan Bamber & Michael Oppenheimer
Antarctica is further from civilization than any other place on Earth. The Greenland ice sheet is closer to home but …
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