Donald Trump’s Retreat is the Greatest Threat to Global Security By Philip Stephens
Jun 14,18Donald Trump has had quite a week. At the G7 summit in Canada the US president repudiated the rules-based international …
Read MoreWhat "America First" Will Cost Europe By Jeremy Shapiro
Jun 14,18The new U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, is quickly becoming Europe’s favorite bête noire. He seems to share his …
Read MoreCurrency Devaluation | Editorial
Jun 14,18Pakistan’s central bank has devalued the rupee. For the third time since December. Yet even before this week’s latest move, …
Read MoreThe US-North Korea Summit By Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik
Jun 14,18The summit between the United States and North Korea was held in Singapore on 12 June, making a big deal …
Read MorePak-Afghan, Sino-India Détente? New Dynamism Sweeping Asia By Imtiaz Gul
Jun 13,18Asia – from East to the West – is in the grip of intense diplomatic activity. The Army Chief Gen. …
Read MoreThe Monster We Made: Pakistan’s Water Insecurity By Zile Huma
Jun 13,18Imagine a life without water…. dried and barren land, parched throats, dirty faces everywhere giving an overall hideous, grim, and …
Read MoreTrump-Kim Summit | Editorial
Jun 13,18Before the Trump Kim Summit, rumours were that it was an arduous task to bring the two leaders on the …
Read MoreIn Education, It’s Time to Move Forward By Shabana Mahfooz
Jun 13,18Both sides of the coin should be seen Each time I write on this subject, I feel this would be …
Read MoreThe ‘Indo-Pacific’ and Pakistan By Zamir Akram
Jun 13,18On June 2nd, the US renamed its Pacific Command, the oldest and largest American military setup in the Asia-Pacific, as …
Read MoreAre Pakistan-US Relations on the Mend? By Talat Masood
Jun 13,18Relations between the United States and Pakistan have remained under severe stress ever since the US raided Osama bin Laden’s …
Read MoreAmerican Embassy Shift By Nafisa Hoodbhoy
Jun 12,18THE Trump administration’s decision to shift the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last month could not have come …
Read MoreTrump, Kim Sign Agreement at Historic Sentosa Summit
Jun 12,18United States (US) President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un concluded an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday by signing …
Read MoreThe Promise of SCO | Editorial
Jun 12,18One year on from both Pakistan and India being admitted into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and things are looking …
Read MoreHigher Education Awaiting a Savior By Dr. Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry
Jun 12,18“Destroying any nation does not require the use of atomic bombs or the use of long range missiles, just lowering …
Read MorePakistan’s Water Crisis By Asif Mehsud
Jun 12,18A number of South Asian countries have been faced with water issues but Pakistan has been affected the most. The …
Read MoreAfghan Ceasefire | Editorial
Jun 12,18IN a long, bloody, seemingly endless war, there have been few moments of hope. The major protagonists, including perhaps a …
Read MoreSCO Summit | Editorial
Jun 11,18Some takeaways While the heads of seven of the biggest economies in the world met in Quebec for the G7 …
Read MoreHistory’s Geopolitical Pivot By Munir Akram
Jun 11,18IN his 1904 treatise, The Geographical Pivot of History, Halford Mackinder theorised that whoever controls the Eurasian heartland — from …
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