Syrian Conflict | Editorial
There are many actors to blame for the humanitarian disaster that has befallen Syria since the outbreak of the civil …
Read MoreHow to Manage Pak-US Ties By Ayaz Ahmed
It has been one of the most difficult tasks for almost all successive governments in Pakistan to effectively manage relations …
Read MoreUncertainty Over Trump-Kim Summit Ends By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON: The White House confirmed on Tuesday that the historic meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader …
Read MoreReckoning United Nations By Baber Ali Bhatti
Whether in Syria, Bosnia, Kashmir, or Palestine, people are dying in millions. Series of sufferings, lynchings, and shootings are a …
Read MoreAnother Pak-India Thaw in the Offing? By Iqbal Khan
CEASEFIRE violations across the Line of Control (LoC) and the Working Boundary(WB) became a new norm during Prime Minster Narendra …
Read MoreAtomic Weapons and American Policy By J. Robert Oppenheimer
IT is possible that in the large light of history, if indeed there is to be history, the atomic bomb …
Read MoreCPEC: Transport or Economic Corridor? By Hasaan Khawar
Three CPEC routes are expected to form an impressive transport corridor connecting China to the Arabian Sea. If the Chinese …
Read MorePullback on the global front By Shahid Javed Burki
Political and economic philosophies travel across international borders. This is the case in particular at this time when globalisation and …
Read MoreKashmir — Finding The Way Forward By Aneela Shahzad
Seven decades after the Partition and the unlawful accession of Kashmir to India, a lot has come to pass in …
Read MoreThe new NISP By Moeed Yusuf
ONE of the PML-N cabinet’s last acts was to approve Pakistan’s new National Internal Security Policy. This document, valid for …
Read MoreTaming Trump’s Trade War By Abdul Sattar
After coming down hard on China, the unpredictable Donald Trump has turned his guns towards Washington’s inveterate allies in the …
Read MoreSecurity Brief: North Korea Summit Back On; End of the Korean War? By Elias Groll
It might actually happen. American and North Korean negotiators met for a fifth round of preparatory talks at the border …
Read MorePakistan’s Climate Change Strategy By Muhammad Zahid Rifat
Pakistan was ranked seventh on the 2017 Global Climate Change Risk Index for countries most vulnerable to climate change. Increasingly …
Read MoreEducation: 23m Broken Promises | Editorial
REFORMING the education sector will be a colossal challenge for the next governments at the centre and in the provinces, …
Read MoreForeign Policy Challenges | Editorial
A COHERENT, well-formulated and popularly supported foreign policy is essential, especially in an age of globalisation when new and daunting …
Read MoreA Better North Korea Strategy By Victor Cha and Katrin Fraser Katz
When it comes to cultivating unpredictability, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seem eager to …
Read MoreReasons Behind Indo-Pak Truce By Kamran Yousaf
On May 29, a special hotline contact was established between senior military officials of Pakistan and India. A few hours …
Read MoreIran calls on world to stand up to Trump, save nuclear deal By Agencies
LONDON: The world should stand up to Washington’s bullying behavior, Iran’s foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday by …
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