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Following the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, European powers held a conference at Vienna in 1814, known as the Congress of …
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Read MoreThe Arab Spring returns to Sudan By Shahid Javed Burk
The Arab Spring has become active again first in Algeria and then in Sudan. The change that occurred in Sudan …
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Iran has condemned the Ormara attack, and Pakistan has demanded further action from Tehran against terrorist organisations that it claims …
Read MoreWinning the peace By Nazish Brohi
IMAGINE an outraged, emotional introductory paragraph to the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement, validating whichever side of the divide the reader chooses …
Read MoreManaging security & economy By Muhammad Amir Rana
MANY interpret the government’s recent reshuffle of the federal cabinet as a way of venting its frustration over a seemingly …
Read MoreNOT SO GLAMOROUS: Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and the weight of history By Dr. Omer Javed
Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has been appointed as the new Advisor for Finance. Previously, he served as finance minister for …
Read MorePakistan, Iran relations 'back on track By Kamran Yousaf
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have overcome a major hiccup in their relations after the two neighbours agreed not to allow …
Read MoreSubsidy on education must for better literacy rate By HAMID KHAN WAZIR
Govt can prove its commitment by enrolling over 2.5m out-of-school children ISLAMABAD: Education experts have stressed the need that the …
Read MoreAmerica Can't Solve Afghanistan's Corruption Problems By Jerrod A. Laber
On Monday, April 8, three U.S. soldiers and one contractor were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, bringing the …
Read MoreBack to Basics – How to Make Right What Trump Gets Wrong By Kori Schake
U.S. President Donald Trump’s sharp-elbowed nationalism, opposition to multilateralism and international institutions, and desire to shift costs onto U.S. allies …
Read MoreThis Time Is Different – Why U.S. Foreign Policy Will Never Recover By Daniel W. Drezner
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a foreign policy community in possession of great power must be in want …
Read MoreWar or peace By Dr Akmal Hussain
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmud Qureshi on Sunday, April 7, in a press briefing in Multan, announced that the government had …
Read MoreSyria in 2019 is Not Iraq in 2003 By Sam Sweeney
Over the last few months, the status of America’s presence in Syria has been a roller coaster of epic proportions. …
Read MoreAfghan peace talks By Syed Mohammad Ali
Despite relaunch of the annual spring offensive in Afghanistan and the surge in violence that it has unleashed, the ongoing …
Read MoreMiddle East shenanigans | Editorial
Tehran has responded to the Trump administration’s designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation in …
Read MoreWho is sovereign By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
BALOCHISTAN bleeds, yet again. Every time we are told that this country’s longest-suffering regions and people are on the road …
Read MoreProbable outcomes of Indian elections and Pakistan By Dr Raza Khan
The first phase of the extensive process of national elections in India has ended as people went to the polls …
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