A Strategy for Avoiding Two-Front War By A. Wess Mitchell
HE GREATEST risk facing the twenty-first-century United States, short of an outright nuclear attack, is a two-front war involving its …
Read More‘Pakistan in Control, China to Cement Grip in Afghanistan’s New Great Game’
The Russian and British empires battled over Afghanistan in the 19th century, and the United States and the Soviet Union …
Read MoreWelcome Development | Editorial
Pakistan and India have taken a leap forward in normalising their relations after a pestering mistrust of more than two …
Read MoreFATF: Moving Goalposts | Editorial
Pakistan has been in the FATF dock for quite some time. The Paris-based regulator on financial transactions, anti-money laundering and …
Read MoreThe Sino-US Rivalry: Pakistan’s Predicament By M Alam Brohi
Pakistan, wittingly or unwittingly, is caught in the crosshair of the rivalry between the two great powers of the world, …
Read MoreWe All Lost Afghanistan By P. Michael McKinley
We All Lost Afghanistan By P. Michael McKinley. Two Decades of Mistakes, Misjudgments, and Collective Failure, As Afghanistan tumbles into …
Read MoreA New Afghanistan and History By Atle Hetland
Today, I had planned to write about Afghan refugee issues, and also draw some lessons from the past, noting that …
Read MoreCould The Unfolding Situation After Taliban Takeover Of Kabul Be A Game Changer For Afghanistan US Pakistan By Fahd Husain
THE Taliban have upended most calculations. Their lightening reconquest of Afghanistan has pushed the situation, and its stakeholders, into uncharted …
Read MoreThe New Cold War? By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
THE Taliban’s reconquest of Kabul following Washington’s meek withdrawal has triggered speculation amongst progressives that the latter plans to halt …
Read MoreConstructive Dialogue | Editorial
On Thursday, a delegation of Afghan politicians met with Pakistan’s civil and military leadership to discuss the ongoing situation in …
Read MoreInternational Venture | Editorial
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved a $400 million venture to tap into an opportunity for oil …
Read MoreInflation—A Growing Cause of Concern By Dr Kamal Monnoo
Imran Khan’s approval ratings are finally beginning to become somewhat positive since the economy started to perform, inspiring hope among …
Read MoreThe Afghans are Back in Control By Shahzad Chaudhry
Kabul fell, not to an outside force as is being made to seem but to contending Afghans who wanted foreign …
Read MoreChina — The New Centre of Gravity By Rashid A Mughal
ECONOMIC activity at the world level has been drifting towards Asia in recent years. In particular, many would agree with …
Read MoreReturn of the Taliban By Zahid Hussain
THE images of thousands of people desperate to leave the country flooding the Kabul airport and some of them clinging …
Read MoreGlobal Warming: The Situation is Worse Than Believed By Shahid Javed Burki
This has been an unusual summer for many parts of the world. High temperatures and droughts have affected most of …
Read MorePakistan-Bangladesh Economic Ties By Adv Mujeeb-ur-Rehman
TWO South Asian counties with Muslim majority are trying to reduce gap that other countries have taken advantage of. Pakistan …
Read MoreFATF Compliance | Editorial
Pakistan has worked incessantly to comply with the requirements laid down by FATF—the government has passed through impactful legislative reforms, …
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