Modi on the Back Foot | Shahid M Amin
The “wave” that brought Narendra Modi to power in India last year clearly seems to be over. In the past …
Read MoreIMF: The Ninth Review | Dr Hafiz A Pasha
The IMF has once again adopted a soft and sympathetic approach to reviewing Pakistan’s performance under the Extended Fund Facility. …
Read MoreNetanyahu demands ‘up to $45 bn’ in US military aid to deter Iran, Gulf States
Israel is hoping to receive $4.2-$4.5 billion a year in military aid from the United States for ten years, to …
Read MoreUS in Afghanistan
A PLACARD denouncing the US is hardly a novelty in most parts. But when it is hoisted aloft at a …
Read MoreGlobal Response to Intolerance in India | Dr Muhammad Khan
The rapidly growing intolerance in Indian state and society is not only a concern for the Indian intellectuals and liberal …
Read MoreUS Special Forces in combat: Is it really nothing new for Iraq and Syria? By Peter Van Buren
The White House claims committing special forces to fight in Iraq and Syria is nothing new, merely an ‘intensification’ of …
Read MoreWhy the West should worry about Turkey By Peter Marino
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appears to have beaten down his opponents and returned his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AK …
Read MoreA Foreign Policy Failure?
It is undeniable that Pakistan’s inability to get re-elected to the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHCR) is a disappointing …
Read MoreGlobal Trade & Geo-Politics | Amna Ejaz Rafi
The former Director General of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, suggested to an audience in Melbourne in November 2012 that the …
Read MoreThe Not-So-Great Game in Syria And How to End It By Andrew J. Tabler
In the last few weeks, Russia has returned to the Middle East through a direct military intervention in Syria. In …
Read MoreA Syrian Awakening: How Washington Can Use the Russian Intervention to Force a Ceasefire
The Russian intervention in Syria has left U.S. policymakers in a quandary. The official line is that Russia’s move doesn’t fundamentally …
Read MoreThe Abandonment of Science by the Muslim World| Rafia Zakaria
The past achievements of prominent Muslims, particularly Muslim scientists, play an important role in the lives of living ones. In …
Read MoreIndia Nuke Plan Largest in Developing Nations
Washington—Stating that India has “one of the largest nuclear power programmes” among developing nations, a US-based think tank said by …
Read MoreWhy Afghanistan Needs the US | Muhammad Umar
President Obama announced earlier this month that he is abandoning his plan to completely pull out U.S. troops from Afghanistan, …
Read MoreA Geo-Economics-led World Order | M Ziauddin
A new international order seems to be emerging defined overwhelmingly by geo-economics rather than geopolitics. In this new order, the …
Read MoreIndia-China Relations | Mohammad Jamil
Relations between China and India have somewhat improved since a brief border war in 1962, but deep suspicion over a …
Read MoreThe Beginning of a New War | Nasurullah Brohi
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, this is the first time great powers have also come face to face …
Read MorePak-Israel Relations | Lt Col Khalid Masood Khan (Retd)
Paradoxically, Pakistan and Israel can never have relations; nevertheless, there are many commonalities between both the countries. In geopolitical studies, …
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