Atomic Weapons and American Policy By J. Robert Oppenheimer
IT is possible that in the large light of history, if indeed there is to be history, the atomic bomb …
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Three CPEC routes are expected to form an impressive transport corridor connecting China to the Arabian Sea. If the Chinese …
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Political and economic philosophies travel across international borders. This is the case in particular at this time when globalisation and …
Read MoreKashmir — Finding The Way Forward By Aneela Shahzad
Seven decades after the Partition and the unlawful accession of Kashmir to India, a lot has come to pass in …
Read MoreThe new NISP By Moeed Yusuf
ONE of the PML-N cabinet’s last acts was to approve Pakistan’s new National Internal Security Policy. This document, valid for …
Read MoreTaming Trump’s Trade War By Abdul Sattar
After coming down hard on China, the unpredictable Donald Trump has turned his guns towards Washington’s inveterate allies in the …
Read MoreSecurity Brief: North Korea Summit Back On; End of the Korean War? By Elias Groll
It might actually happen. American and North Korean negotiators met for a fifth round of preparatory talks at the border …
Read MorePakistan’s Climate Change Strategy By Muhammad Zahid Rifat
Pakistan was ranked seventh on the 2017 Global Climate Change Risk Index for countries most vulnerable to climate change. Increasingly …
Read MoreEducation: 23m Broken Promises | Editorial
REFORMING the education sector will be a colossal challenge for the next governments at the centre and in the provinces, …
Read MoreForeign Policy Challenges | Editorial
A COHERENT, well-formulated and popularly supported foreign policy is essential, especially in an age of globalisation when new and daunting …
Read MoreA Better North Korea Strategy By Victor Cha and Katrin Fraser Katz
When it comes to cultivating unpredictability, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seem eager to …
Read MoreReasons Behind Indo-Pak Truce By Kamran Yousaf
On May 29, a special hotline contact was established between senior military officials of Pakistan and India. A few hours …
Read MoreIran calls on world to stand up to Trump, save nuclear deal By Agencies
LONDON: The world should stand up to Washington’s bullying behavior, Iran’s foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday by …
Read MoreThreats And New Security Policy | Editorial
THE National Internal Security Policy 2018-2023 has been announced that envisages strengthening the State ability to respond to security issues, …
Read MoreDurand Line and Pak-Afghan ties By Muhammad Hanif
THE Durand Line is an established international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, based on the agreement, which had been signed …
Read MoreIndian water manipulation By Dr Muhammad Khan
DURING his meeting with the Pakistani delegation on May 22, 2018, the World Bank Spokesman was generous enough to say …
Read MoreIndia to play US proxy in Asia? By M. Ziauddin
India is clearly being prodded by the US and its own overambitious hawks into a confrontational mode vis-Ã -vis China. Their …
Read MoreWhat Will It Take for Syrian Refugees to Return Home? By Maha Yahya
Syria’s 18 million people make up less than one percent of the world’s population, but a whopping one-third of all …
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