Donald Trump’s Retreat is the Greatest Threat to Global Security By Philip Stephens
Donald Trump has had quite a week. At the G7 summit in Canada the US president repudiated the rules-based international …
Read MoreWhat "America First" Will Cost Europe By Jeremy Shapiro
The new U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, is quickly becoming Europe’s favorite bête noire. He seems to share his …
Read MoreCurrency Devaluation | Editorial
Pakistan’s central bank has devalued the rupee. For the third time since December. Yet even before this week’s latest move, …
Read MoreThe US-North Korea Summit By Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik
The summit between the United States and North Korea was held in Singapore on 12 June, making a big deal …
Read MorePak-Afghan, Sino-India Détente? New Dynamism Sweeping Asia By Imtiaz Gul
Asia – from East to the West – is in the grip of intense diplomatic activity. The Army Chief Gen. …
Read MoreThe Monster We Made: Pakistan’s Water Insecurity By Zile Huma
Imagine a life without water…. dried and barren land, parched throats, dirty faces everywhere giving an overall hideous, grim, and …
Read MoreTrump-Kim Summit | Editorial
Before the Trump Kim Summit, rumours were that it was an arduous task to bring the two leaders on the …
Read MoreIn Education, It’s Time to Move Forward By Shabana Mahfooz
Both sides of the coin should be seen Each time I write on this subject, I feel this would be …
Read MoreThe ‘Indo-Pacific’ and Pakistan By Zamir Akram
On June 2nd, the US renamed its Pacific Command, the oldest and largest American military setup in the Asia-Pacific, as …
Read MoreAre Pakistan-US Relations on the Mend? By Talat Masood
Relations between the United States and Pakistan have remained under severe stress ever since the US raided Osama bin Laden’s …
Read MoreAmerican Embassy Shift By Nafisa Hoodbhoy
THE Trump administration’s decision to shift the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem last month could not have come …
Read MoreTrump, Kim Sign Agreement at Historic Sentosa Summit
United States (US) President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un concluded an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday by signing …
Read MoreThe Promise of SCO | Editorial
One year on from both Pakistan and India being admitted into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and things are looking …
Read MoreHigher Education Awaiting a Savior By Dr. Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry
“Destroying any nation does not require the use of atomic bombs or the use of long range missiles, just lowering …
Read MorePakistan’s Water Crisis By Asif Mehsud
A number of South Asian countries have been faced with water issues but Pakistan has been affected the most. The …
Read MoreAfghan Ceasefire | Editorial
IN a long, bloody, seemingly endless war, there have been few moments of hope. The major protagonists, including perhaps a …
Read MoreSCO Summit | Editorial
Some takeaways While the heads of seven of the biggest economies in the world met in Quebec for the G7 …
Read MoreHistory’s Geopolitical Pivot By Munir Akram
IN his 1904 treatise, The Geographical Pivot of History, Halford Mackinder theorised that whoever controls the Eurasian heartland — from …
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