Why Afghanistan Needs the US | Muhammad Umar
President Obama announced earlier this month that he is abandoning his plan to completely pull out U.S. troops from Afghanistan, …
Read MoreA Geo-Economics-led World Order | M Ziauddin
A new international order seems to be emerging defined overwhelmingly by geo-economics rather than geopolitics. In this new order, the …
Read MoreIndia-China Relations | Mohammad Jamil
Relations between China and India have somewhat improved since a brief border war in 1962, but deep suspicion over a …
Read MoreThe Beginning of a New War | Nasurullah Brohi
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, this is the first time great powers have also come face to face …
Read MoreEducation System in Pakistan | Rafia Siddiqui
The education system of Pakistan is comprised of 260,903 institutions and is facilitating 41,018,384 students with the help of …
Read MorePak-Israel Relations | Lt Col Khalid Masood Khan (Retd)
Paradoxically, Pakistan and Israel can never have relations; nevertheless, there are many commonalities between both the countries. In geopolitical studies, …
Read MoreEvolving Trends In S Asian Nuclear Paradigm | Beenish Altaf
The South Asian Nuclear security situation is different from the other regions of the world. The credibility of international nuclear …
Read MoreKashmir Under International Spotlight | K. Iqbal
People of Jammu and Kashmir across the Line of Control as well as Kashmiri diaspora, the world over, observed the …
Read MoreNuclear Deterrence
THE possibility of a civil-nuclear deal between the US and Pakistan may have been prematurely leaked to the media, but …
Read MoreThe Myth of US Democracy | Dr Asad Zaman
The vision of a government of the people, by the people and for the people is enchanting, and powerfully attractive …
Read MoreMissing out on Climate Diplomacy | Sherry Rehman
As another earthquake takes its October toll on Pakistan, few will remember the floods from only weeks ago that devastated …
Read MoreGlobal Peace and Security | Dr Mahboob A Khwaja
WARS and societal conflicts do not end with political statements. The mankind is fraught with painful experiences of the unwanted …
Read MorePak-Afghan Relations | Ali Ashraf Khan
THE worsening Pak-Afghan relations, that came down after a short interlude of cooperation in fighting terrorism and exchange of information, …
Read MorePak-US Security Chess | Maimuna Ashraf
NOTWITHSTANDING sev eral official clarifications, cu riosity continues. The repeated rejections that no deal would come out of Sharif’s visit …
Read MoreTwo-Nation Theory Stand Tall | Ali Sukhanver
IT is something very clear and obvious that Pakistan and India have been in a state of war since long. …
Read MorePeace women | Zubeida Mustafa
THE Tehreek-i-Niswan and Sheema Kermani have always been at the forefront when matters of peace are at stake. Many performances …
Read MoreRethinking ties with Iran | DAWN Editorial
A VISIT by the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Shamkhani, to Pakistan has shone a …
Read MorePak-US Relations: a Work in Progress | Imtiaz Alam
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is back from his US visit, thankfully unscathed, but to cope with the natural disaster of …
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