War is decided on the battlefield. Why peace is decided in Berlin
John Herbst, a former U.S. diplomat, wasn’t trying to flatter his German hosts when he took a dig at Washington …Read More
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 …Read More
A Foreign Policy Failure?
It is undeniable that Pakistan’s inability to get re-elected to the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHCR) is a disappointing …Read More
Global 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 More
Our 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 More
Economic 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 More
The 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 More
Regional & 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 More
A 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 More
The 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 More
India 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 More
The 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 More
Privatisation 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 More
Why 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 More
A 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 More
India-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 More
The 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 More
Education 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 More


