UN Report On Kashmir | Editorial
India with its occupation of Kashmir is not only abusing the valley itself, but also the rights of the Kashmiri …
Read MoreUS and Allies Responsible For Global Conflict By Malik Muhammad Ashraf
It is a painful and irrefutable reality that the USA and its allies are one way or the other connected …
Read MoreDonald 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 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 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 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 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 …
Read MoreChina Hosts Russia, Iran for Summit as US Tensions Rise
Qingdao, China: Chinese President Xi Jinping will open late Saturday a two-day regional security summit attended by Russia, Iran and …
Read MoreGrowing Pak-Russia Ties By S Sadia Kazmi
WHILE the prospects of Pakistan and Russia cozying up to each other seem bright, there are certain geopolitical realities which …
Read MoreGlobal Peace Index, 2018 | Editorial
The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2018 has just come out. The findings have confirmed what much of the world knows …
Read MoreIndo-French Nuclear Cooperation — Meltdown Waiting to Happen? By Ali Raza
In 1945, the United States used Nagasaki and Hiroshima, two major cities of Japan, as testing sites for nuclear weapons, …
Read MoreWar and Peace | Editorial
The vast sprawling wars of the 20th century are unlikely ever to be replicated, and have been replaced by clusters …
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