The US in Afghanistan: is the ‘withdrawal debate’ a mass deception By Umair Jamal
America’s envoy for Afghanistan, Khalilzad, recently visited Pakistan after a long phase of hearings and meetings with President Trump’s team …
Read MoreInvading Iran will ruin America By S Mubashir Noor
A string of attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf over the last two months have raised temperatures in …
Read MoreSCO summit and diplomatic agendasm By Muhammad Omar Iftikhar
The 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, also referred to as the Bishkek Summit, took place from June 13 to 14 …
Read MorePak diplomacy pays dividend By Malik Muhammad Ashraf
Since the advent of Narendra Modi as Indian Prime Minister in 2014, the Indian animosity against Pakistan has been bewilderingly …
Read MoreIssues in World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report and Pakistan’s growth outlook By OMER JAVED
The World Bank came out with its June 2019 Global Economic Prospects (GEP): Heightened Tensions, Subdued Investment report, where the …
Read MoreThe economy can be fixed By Jawad Kamal
There is no denying the impression that economy plays a consequential role in the progress of any country. It is …
Read MorePak-US relations | Editorial
For Prime Minister Imran Khan the only issue is that of sending all opposition leaders to jail. After handing over …
Read MorePakistan’s resurgence and renaissance By Muhammad Ali Ehsan
Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC), the famous Greek philosopher, is acknowledged as the greatest intellectual figure of the Western history. His …
Read MoreSabotage diplomacy | Editoral
Tensions in the Middle East continue to rise with Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruling out talks with US …
Read MoreSCO summit summary | Editorial
Following the OIC meeting earlier this month, Prime Minister Imran Khan met key regional leaders at the SCO this past …
Read MoreUS goal of engagement | Editorial
Sustained progress on reconciliation and counterterrorism: that’s what the US expects of Pakistan, according to Mike Pompeo and Alice Wells. …
Read MoreFaltering economy | Editorial
MUCH of it was already known, but it bears repeating from an official platform like the latest Economic Survey of …
Read MoreThe Talks Scenario – Afghanistan Peace Process By Brig (Retd) Ishaq Ahmed –
Peace in Afghanistan – A dream that is not getting to reality, despite efforts (not concerted and fruitful) of so …
Read MorePakistan suffers heavily in US-Afghan war By Dr. Zafar Jaspal
Afghanistan situation is complex and violent. The peace talks between the United States and Taliban are encountering challenges. The Ghani …
Read MoreThe Global Economy’s Next Winners By Susan Lund, James Manyika, and Michael Spence
T he countries that once led the world toward economic openness are retreating into protectionism. Over the past two and …
Read MoreGlobalization’s Wrong Turn | And How It Hurt America By Dani Rodrik
Globalization is in trouble. A populist backlash, personified by U.S. President Donald Trump, is in full swing. A simmering trade …
Read MoreDemocracy Demotion| How the Freedom Agenda Fell Apart By Larry Diamond
For three decades beginning in the mid-1970s, the world experienced a remarkable expansion of democracy—the so-called third wave—with authoritarian regimes …
Read MoreThe Self-Destruction of American Power By Fareed Zakaria
Sometime in the last two years, American hegemony died. The age of U.S. dominance was a brief, heady era, about …
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