The SAARC Story By Khalid Saleem
THERE was a time when things were moving fastin this region of ours. SAARC was an organisation that had the …
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Deteriorating Relations | Editorial
With President Biden’s inauguration to the presidential office, there was hope for fostering a renewed friendship with China after Trump’s …
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IMF Deadlines | Editorial
With an IMF deadline looming before it, the government is in a rush to complete the necessary obligations imposed on …
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Strategic Shift in Pakistan’s Foreign Policy By Kamran Yousaf
When the PTI government came to power in August 2018, Pakistan had to reach out to its friends in the …
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Monetary Policy | Editorial
THE State Bank’s decision to keep an easy monetary policy in place is a clear sign that it doesn’t want …
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Moscow Talks | Editorial
AS the May 1 deadline for America to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan draws close, efforts are afoot to speed …
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‘Tough’ US-China Talks Signal Rocky Start to Relations Under Biden
US and Chinese officials concluded on Friday what Washington called “tough and direct” talks in Alaska, which laid bare the …
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Kashmir and the Role of the USA By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai
The Kashmir question is one of the oldest unresolved international problems in the world. The experience of nearly seven decades …
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Higher Education in Peril | Editorial
Before the Britishers arrived, the sub-continent was a thriving intellectual region. Even though education was perpetuated through religious institutions — …
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Talks With India | Editorial
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa both recently made very public overtures to …
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The World Still Needs the UN By Suzanne Nossel
Imagine a system of global governance fit for the twenty-first century. All nations would be bound to codified precepts restraining …
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Afghan Government, Taliban Agree to Accelerate Peace Talks After Moscow Summit: RIA
MOSCOW: The Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed to accelerate peace talks after Russia hosted an international conference aimed …
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South Asia Peace | Editorial
THE peace process in South Asia moves in fits and starts: things look up one moment, only to come crashing …
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Understanding Ranking of World-Universities By Aijaz A Hingorjo
IN modern information age, it is a million-dollar question why world universities are ranked each year by different academic ranking …
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Domestic Divisions Leave Blanks In US Asia Policy – Analysis By Gorana Grgic
In the flurry of analyses of Joe Biden’s early policy moves, there is a common thread that depicts the 46th …
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Renewal of Pakistan-Russia Gas Project By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
RECENTLY, Pakistan and Russia have signed a revised deal for laying the Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline, formerly known as the …
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Trump/Biden Foreign Policy – OpEd By Margaret Kimberley
Biden rules like Trump regarding Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Haiti, because the two imperial parties serve the same …
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Biden Builds Bridges To Contend With Beijing – Analysis By Ryan Hass
In 1949, American strategists feared that Soviet advances were generating an intensifying threat to the free world. That August, the …
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