The folly of slashing aid to bolster security By Syed Mohammad Ali
Apr 11,25
The withering of American aid due to the dismantling of USAID by the Trump administration has understandably become the subject …
Read MoreThe new Trump order By Riaz Riazuddin
Apr 11,25
WITH one stroke of his pen, a day after April Fool’s Day, Trump left the entire world bewildered at his …
Read MoreGeopolitics of dams By Khurram Abbas
Apr 10,25
RECENTLY China has announced construction of the world’s largest dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. India has criticised …
Read MoreNether regions By F.S. Aijazuddin
Apr 10,25
HISTORY has been in love with Lahore since forever. It was not its only admirer. The Mughals remained enamoured of …
Read MoreTariff crossfire By Khurram Husain
Apr 10,25
BY all accounts a world is ending and we don’t know what is going to replace it. For Pakistan this …
Read MoreNavigating trade barriers By Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
Apr 10,25
IN today’s complex global trade environment, Pakistan finds itself navigating between two competing demands: the Trump administration’s protectionist tariffs and …
Read MoreImplications of a global disorder By Talat Masood
Apr 9,25
The world at present is an anarchic condition, primarily driven by President Trump's deliberate policies of shaking up well-established global …
Read MoreTrumpian delusion By Mahir Ali
Apr 9,25
PRELIMINARY judgement on any new US administration usually involves waiting for at least 100 days before holding it to account. …
Read MoreA new great game in Afghanistan? By Dr Moonis Ahmar
Apr 8,25
In the old and new Great Game, Afghanistan has held a central position. Peter Hopkirk, in his pathbreaking book The …
Read MoreReciprocal Tariffs’ yield no winners By Jiang Zaidong
Apr 7,25
Recently, the United States, in disregard of widespread opposition at home and from international community, announced that it would impose …
Read MoreHard or competent state? By Maleeha Lodhi
Apr 7,25
THERE are several aspects to the debate that has been going on in the media about a ‘hard state’. Why, …
Read MoreChina and the Muslim world By Syed Mohammad Ali
Apr 5,25
China's military and economic rise has made it the most prominent challenger to America's global dominance. Amidst this intensifying Sino-American …
Read MoreTrump Tariffs and the Fall of Free Trade By Agha Zuhaib Khan
Apr 5,25
The End of an Era Trump Tariffs and the Fall of Free Trade By Agha Zuhaib Khan, The era of …
Read MoreWill US attack Iran? By Touqir Hussain
Apr 4,25
IRAN is at its weakest moment externally since the Iran-Iraq war. Israel’s aggression in Lebanon and Gaza has critically wounded …
Read MoreA hard state? By Shahab Usto
Apr 4,25
THE recent in-camera civil-military huddle at Parliament House once again unfolded three conceptual cleavages that have rent apart the polity. One, the …
Read MoreFrom hard to harder By Sakib Sherani
Apr 3,25
‘There is no use of running on the wrong road’ — Turkish proverb ELITE misrule in Pakistan has scarred the …
Read MoreLosing the plot By Khurram Husain
Apr 3,25
YOU can tell when a government in Pakistan has lost the plot when they turn to the bureaucrats for ideas …
Read MoreFirst line of defence By Maleeha Lodhi
Mar 31,25
IF foreign policy is the country’s first line of defence it is disconcerting how successive governments have left the foreign …
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