Our Full Spectrum Nuclear Deterrence Regime | Gen Mirza Aslam Beg
PAKISTAN decided to correct the ‘balance of terror’, disturbed by India, by exploding the atomic device in 1994. It required …
Read MoreNuclear Power In Middle East: Strategic And Economic Significance – Analysis | Giancarlo Elia
If we look at the latest data, the OPEC countries – or anyway the Middle East countries – are those …
Read MoreNATO Needs a new Strategy | Harlan Ullman
Make no mistake: Russian President Vladimir Putin is running rings around NATO and the west. His seizure of Crimea and …
Read MoreTaliban and the Quartet | Talat Masood
The success of the quartet’s — Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and China — efforts in the reconciliation process will largely …
Read MoreHow ISIS Surge in Libya Raises Stakes | Ali Imran
The raging ISIS storm in Libya — torn along tribal lines and beset with political chaos — has heightened the …
Read MoreAfghan Peace Process | Iftikhar Ahmad
The representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States-the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) members, adopted a roadmap stipulating the …
Read MoreInvest in Education | Dr Atta-ur-Rahman
The four pillars of progress are: high quality education; science & Technology; innovation and entrepreneurship; and a governance system that …
Read MoreThen, How can you Handle Pakistan? | Mosharraf Zaidi
When the history books are written on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, it seems certain that one of the things his …
Read MoreWorld Bank Chief Pushes Pakistan to Keep up Momentum
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank Group’s president has pressed Pakistan to maintain the momentum of reforms aimed at achieving higher pace …
Read MoreOutdated Two-Party System In US – OpEd
America, known for “absolute” freedoms andthe liberty for human and societal development, has a limited democracy as it provides for …
Read MoreReforming the Admissions System | Muhammad Hamid Zaman
Every year, thousands of students across the nation enroll in medical schools and engineering universities. Many more thousands apply and …
Read MoreHow the Soviet Union and China Almost Started World War III | Robert Farley
After weeks of clashes, war between the two nuclear powers seemed right around the corner. Americans tend to remember the …
Read MoreClash Within Civilisation |Lt Col Khalid Masood Khan (Retd)
After the Cold War Era which ended with the fall of USSR in the late eighties of the previous century, …
Read MoreOvercoming Cultural Divides | Amin Jan Naim
Empathy is a very valuable trait in a human being. It enables the understanding of another person and an insight …
Read MoreWho is Responsible for Safety of our Educational Institutions? | Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani
THE good thing is that terrorists have shaken us out of our reverie. The bad thing is that, temporarily awakened, …
Read MoreWorld Disorder | Munir Akram
HENRY Kissinger’s last book World Order could more aptly have been entitled ‘World Disorder’. As he observes, there has never …
Read MorePak-India Relations: A Forecast for Next Fifty Years | Farah Adeed
The reality is, whether we accept it or not, that Pakistan and India are two ‘uncomfortable’ and ‘uneasy’ neighbors who …
Read MoreNuclear Double Standards | Malik Muhammad Ashraf
France and India signed a pact on January 25 under which the former would sell 36 French-built Rafael fighter planes …
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