Nobel Prize For Trump? By Farrukh Khan Pitafi
“North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un just stated that the ‘nuclear button is on his desk at all times.’ Will someone …
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There are many actors to blame for the humanitarian disaster that has befallen Syria since the outbreak of the civil …
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 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 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 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 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 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 …
Read MoreIndia to play US proxy in Asia? By M. Ziauddin
India is clearly being prodded by the US and its own overambitious hawks into a confrontational mode vis-Ã -vis China. Their …
Read MoreWhat Will It Take for Syrian Refugees to Return Home? By Maha Yahya
Syria’s 18 million people make up less than one percent of the world’s population, but a whopping one-third of all …
Read MoreAmerica’s Next Move in Afghanistan By Saima Siddiqui
Most aspects of life are often imitated by art and games. In the case of politics especially, the game of …
Read MoreThe Decline and Fall of US Diplomacy By Philip Stephens
Rex Tillerson proved a hapless US secretary of state. On the evidence so far, his successor Mike Pompeo will turn …
Read MoreNuclear Pakistan: Bolstering Strategic Stability in South Asia By Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
28 May 1998 saw the birth of the seventh nuclear-weapon-state when Pakistan decided to respond to India’s nuclear tests carried …
Read MoreNuclear Mainstreaming By Yasir Hussain
The Western academic community agrees that, had India not detonated its nuclear devices, it would have been almost impossible for …
Read MorePakistan’s Aspirations From The Upcoming SCO Summit By Muhammad Asif Noor
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s 18th Summit of Heads of States is just around the corner in Qingdao, the host city in …
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