SCO: A Harbinger of Peace and Security By Malik Muhammad Ashraf
In the backdrop of the new global politics and the challenges and threats that it has thrown up, the Shanghai …
Read MorePak-Afghan Dissonance and Democratic Peace By Mueen Uddin Ahmed
As expressed by Immanuel Kant, an 18th century philosopher, constitutional republics are one of the prerequisites of achieving perpetual peace …
Read MoreHuman Rights in Kashmir | Editorial
The main reason India has been able to get away with its brutal occupation of Kashmir for over seven decades …
Read MoreSouth Asia’s Nuclear Problem By Asma Khalid
The three main nuclear players of Asia, China, India and Pakistan, have established a “triangular” dilemma due to their security …
Read MoreHelsinki Summit | Editorial
The bromance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appears stronger than ever. At least this was the takeaway from the …
Read MoreMonetary Mess By K K Shahid
Not much to write home about While everyone would be out to pin them on someone else, but the fact …
Read MoreFree Education! | Editorial
CARETAKER Prime Minister (Retd) Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk has directed to prepare a comprehensive and robust mechanism to provide free and compulsory …
Read MoreTransformation in Global Politics By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
THE transformation in the global politics entailing strategic realignment at the regional and global levels has been ensuing new challenges …
Read MorePoor CSS Results Need Government’s Attention By Umar Riaz
The recent CSS (Central Superior Services) examination result has again stirred a debate about the quality of civil servants, examination …
Read MoreChallenging The Neoliberal Paradigm By Taimur Arbab
Neoliberal or new right philosophy is based on the economic premise that market systems are necessary for distributing resources. Markets …
Read MoreFrom Crisis to Consensus By Shakil Durrani
The efforts being made to open the debate on the Kalabagh Dam are laudable. There are undoubtedly some problems. But …
Read MoreSyria Is Still a Mess By Robert Moore
Sen. Lindsay Graham, a prominent Republican voice on national security and international policy, spoke out last week during a visit …
Read MoreTumbling Economy | Editorial
WITH the most recent round of depreciation in the exchange rate, anxiety is mounting in the business community regarding the …
Read MorePak-Iran Ties: Positive Direction | Editorial
IN recent times, high level exchanges between Pakistan and Iran appear to be taking bilateral relations to a positive direction …
Read MoreA Turning Point? | Editorial
IT is a necessary and welcome recognition by the US. If peace is to be achieved in Afghanistan, the US …
Read MoreNATO Summit: The Important Issues By Paul R. Pillar
Most press coverage of the NATO summit meeting was about Donald Trump’s political theater, for which NATO itself was merely …
Read MoreU.S.-Russia Relations are Stuck on Repeat By Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Both Trump and Putin are now locked into narratives about what did (or did not) happen that prevent this issue …
Read MoreBack on the IMF Trail | Editorial
Since 1988, Pakistan’s economic wizards have trodden the familiar path to IMF’s Washington headquarters eleven times, the last being the …
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