The US-Turkey Tussle By Sajid Aziz
Recent months have witnessed increasing deterioration of the US-Turkey relations. Both sides have traded barbs and accusations and imposed sanctions …
Read MoreTrump threatens to withdraw US from World Trade Organisation
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump threatened in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday to withdraw from the World Trade …
Read MoreTrump, Erdogan And Melting Lira By Dr. Imran Khalid
The unabated economic crisis of Turkey has taken a further nose dive, with Turkish Lira tumbling to almost 38% in …
Read MoreSouth Korea's Nuclear Conundrum By Daniel R. DePetris
If U.S.-North Korea denuclearization talks stall indefinitely or collapse entirely, then Moon Jae-in will be confronted with the biggest conundrum …
Read MoreTrump’s Vicious Afghan Plan & Int’l Law By Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi
NOTWITHSTANDING the grave reservations shown by the former and the present members of the Trump administration, the then NSA Lt …
Read MoreCrisis in Iran | Editorial
Iran is in trouble and it is going to get worse. The Iranian parliament for the first time decided to …
Read MoreThe Elusive Climate Change Strategy By Ifrah Shaukat
It is a fact that environmental processes aren’t restricted to national borders and are innately transnational in character. Hence, eloquent …
Read MoreTaking Charge of Foreign Policy By Talat Masood
Imran Khan explicably would like to focus primarily on domestic challenges with economy and political stability as his priority. But …
Read MoreUS-China Standoff | Editorial
With new US tariffs on Chinese goods in place, the US-China trade war has gone up another notch. Another $16 …
Read MoreRussia-Pakistan Security Pact By Durdana Najam
In early August, a two-day inaugural meeting of Russia-Pakistan Joint Military Consultative Committee ended with the signing of a ground-breaking …
Read MorePak-India In Joint Military Drill In Russia | Editorial
In case there is will, there is a way A couple of years back it would have been difficult to …
Read MoreTrump’s North Korea Nuclear Deal Flounders – Analysis By Shim Jae Hoon
The North Korean nuclear deal US President Donald Trump signed amidst great fanfare in Singapore in June may be unraveling …
Read MoreThe Foreign Policy Front | Editorial
After seven long years, Shah Mehmood Qureshi is back on the foreign policy front. While the second-time foreign minister has …
Read MoreThe Forthcoming UN Session | Editorial
Pakistan’s Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has directed the newly appointed Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to lead Pakistani delegation …
Read MoreUS-China Trade Negotiations End With Little Progress By James Politi
US and Chinese officials have ended two days of talks aimed at easing trade tensions without a clear breakthrough, ensuring …
Read MoreCrisis in Turkey-US relations By Shahid M Amin
The fate of an American Christian priest detained in Turkey has currently created a crisis, almost a showdown, between USA …
Read MoreSetting Foreign Policy | Editorial
The Foreign Office needs serious, full-time and empowered political leadership — a reality that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif ignored for …
Read MoreTime For Realism in Foreign Policy By Saad Hafiz
A negative global narrative combined with the increasing trust deficit with our partners and neighbours have compounded Pakistan’s foreign policy …
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