SCO summit and diplomatic agendasm By Muhammad Omar Iftikhar
The 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, also referred to as the Bishkek Summit, took place from June 13 to 14 …
Read MoreSabotage diplomacy | Editoral
Tensions in the Middle East continue to rise with Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruling out talks with US …
Read MoreSCO summit summary | Editorial
Following the OIC meeting earlier this month, Prime Minister Imran Khan met key regional leaders at the SCO this past …
Read MoreUS goal of engagement | Editorial
Sustained progress on reconciliation and counterterrorism: that’s what the US expects of Pakistan, according to Mike Pompeo and Alice Wells. …
Read MoreThe Talks Scenario – Afghanistan Peace Process By Brig (Retd) Ishaq Ahmed –
Peace in Afghanistan – A dream that is not getting to reality, despite efforts (not concerted and fruitful) of so …
Read MoreThe Global Economy’s Next Winners By Susan Lund, James Manyika, and Michael Spence
T he countries that once led the world toward economic openness are retreating into protectionism. Over the past two and …
Read MoreGlobalization’s Wrong Turn | And How It Hurt America By Dani Rodrik
Globalization is in trouble. A populist backlash, personified by U.S. President Donald Trump, is in full swing. A simmering trade …
Read MoreDemocracy Demotion| How the Freedom Agenda Fell Apart By Larry Diamond
For three decades beginning in the mid-1970s, the world experienced a remarkable expansion of democracy—the so-called third wave—with authoritarian regimes …
Read MoreThe Self-Destruction of American Power By Fareed Zakaria
Sometime in the last two years, American hegemony died. The age of U.S. dominance was a brief, heady era, about …
Read MoreMecca Summits: Triumph of vision and political insight By Omar Farooqui
From the Treaty of Hudaibiya to the recent Mecca Summit, it is the message that has triumphed for centuries. Call …
Read MoreIs the peace initiative slipping out of the US grip? | Editorial
Much time has elapsed since the commencement of negotiations between the USA and the Taliban. Their respective positions have also …
Read MoreOIC politicking | Editorial
UNITY in the Muslim world has been a distant dream, with sectarian, nationalist and other factors often cropping up to …
Read MoreRising Tensions | Editorial
The ongoing year began with rising diplomatic friction between Washington and Tehran. Having pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal …
Read MoreIndia’s hardest fall By A. Rehman
BY giving Modi’s BJP a landslide victory, the Indian electorate has dealt its country a blow that might take a …
Read MoreOIC Summit | Editorial
The Prime Minister will leave for Makkah, heading a delegation to the special OIC Summit on Friday. The summit will …
Read MoreThe Last War—and the Next | Learning the Wrong Lessons From Iraq By Jon Finer
Earlier this year, the U.S. Army published two volumes that amount to the most comprehensive official history of the Iraq …
Read MoreAmerica’s wars, without winning By News desk
AMERICA has been engaged in expensive wars during and after the Cold War but it lost all wars and this …
Read MoreBeijing vs Washington a.k.a Socialism vs Capitalism By Keyu Chen
The China-U.S. “ideological clash” has been continuing to make headlines since the fiery speech delivered by the U.S. vice president …
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