The Saudi Arabia-Iran Stand-off — What Next? | Munawar Mirza
Feb 20,16
Anybody studying the architecture of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East should not be surprised at Saudi Arabia announcing …
Read MorePresident Obama’s Asia Pivot Approach | Shahid Javed Burki
Feb 20,16The continent towards which President Barack Obama hoped to pivot the US was very different at the beginning of his …
Read MoreEconomic Prospects for 2016
Feb 20,16In its latest report, Global Economic Prospects 2016, the World Bank has warned of threats to developing economies, highlighting that …
Read MorePathankot Aftermath: Terrorism Holds Indo-Pak Ties Hostage Once Again
Feb 17,16IT has been speculated that the nascent India-Pakistan rapprochement has been made possible by outside diplomacy, particularly by the US. …
Read MoreForeign Relations Blossom | Express Tribune Editorial
Feb 17,16Pakistan and Sri Lanka have nothing to quarrel about and so never have, with the two nations enjoying very cordial …
Read MoreDeception of Nuclear ‘no first use’ | Hasan Ehtisham and Ahsan Ali Zahid
Feb 17,16Nuclear deterrence can only be established when there is considerable threat of nuclear escalation during any crisis Sandy Berger would …
Read MoreAfter America | Omar Waraich
Feb 17,16SURVEY Pakistani television news channels, and one still routinely hears omnipotence and omniscience ascribed to the United States. In the …
Read MoreEngaging India | Munir Akram
Feb 17,16AFTER an initially ‘mature’ response to the attack on the Pathankot air force base, the Indian government has reverted to …
Read MoreWomen in the Police — Bumpy Road to Equality | Mohammad Ali Babakhel
Feb 17,16While South Asian women, over the years, have made an indelible mark in statecraft, surprisingly in the sphere of the …
Read MorePakistan’s Reconstructive Surgery | Farrukh Khan Pitafi
Feb 17,16Silent. Decaying. Smouldering. Hurting without much noise. That is how most South Asians spend their mortal lives. When it becomes …
Read MoreRealism on Summits | A.G. Noorani
Feb 17,16AFTER Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on Dec 25, India and Pakistan have …
Read MorePolitical Economy of Taxation | Sakib Sherani
Feb 17,16IF a second marriage is dubbed a “triumph of hope over experience”, what should an eighth tax amnesty scheme be …
Read MoreWhat’s ‘P’ in CPEC?: Pakistan or Punjab | Abbas Nasir
Feb 17,16A keen businessman who has been hurt badly by his own miscalculations in the past, the prime minister seems to …
Read MorePakistan & India / Top Civil-Military Brass for Extending all-out Help to Delhi
Feb 17,16ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday reaffirmed commitment to cooperation with India for probe into the Pathankot terror attack and …
Read MoreGuess How Many Bombs America Dropped in 2015 | Micah Zenko
Feb 17,16The primary focus—meaning the commitment of personnel, resources, and senior leaders’ attention—of U.S. counter terrorism policies is the capture or …
Read MoreThe US Shouldn’t Take Sides in Ksa-Iran Tension | Fareed Zakaria
Feb 13,16Over the past two decades, the United States has approached the Middle East through its own conceptual frameworks: dictatorships vs …
Read MoreGood Governance and its Digital Dividend | Tariq Malik
Feb 13,16Good governance is a hot topic in Pakistan these days. Can a fragile state deliver good governance? Ranked eleventh on …
Read MoreIndia’s Secret Nuclear City | Yasir Hussain
Feb 13,16In her address to the UN General Assembly, India’s external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, reaffirmed her country’s support for non-discriminatory …
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