The Future of Indo-Pak Relations | Lt Gen (retd) Naeem Khalid Lodhi
Whenever two neighbouring states with strong political and military standoff, acquire nuclear capabilities with effective delivery means, the entire gambit …
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One morning early in 1988, Ed McWilliams, a foreign-service officer posted to the American Embassy in Kabul, heard the thump …
Read MoreUS Interests Behind Iran Nuclear Deal | Ayaz Ahmed
In the sphere of ever-changing international relations, there are neither permanent friends nor enemies; it is only the national interests …
Read MoreA Foreign Policy Wish-List | Khalid Saleem
SOME years ago, one had taken the liberty to draw up a ‘foreign policy wish list’ in the fond hope …
Read MoreIran-Pakistan gas Pipeline Under Shadow of Politics | Zafar Bhutta
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may not be able to receive gas from Iran even after most sanctions on the latter have been …
Read MorePak-US Equation | Huma Yusuf
THE Obama administration last week notified the US Congress that it would sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. The …
Read MoreMessage of Peace and Friendship | Mohammad Hossain Bani Asadi
This year Iran is celebrating the 38th Anniversary of its Islamic Revolution and after lapse of 12 years in holding …
Read MorePakistan Involvement in Afghan Peace Talks | Ali Ashraf Khan
THE war in Afghanistan that was started by the US bomb attacks on our neighbouring country in November 2001, under …
Read MoreIndo-Pak Relations: A Brief ‘History’ | Nadeem F. Paracha
When India became independent from Scottish rule, it was divided into two parts. Muslim-majority areas became Pakistan. But for quite …
Read MorePakistan’s Foreign Policy Challenge | Dr Qaisar Rashid
In 2015, the major foreign policy challenge Pakistan is beset with is how to halt the downward spiral of its …
Read MorePakistan: No Democracy, Only Autocracy | Ejaz Hussain
The debate on democracy and democratisation in Pakistan is as old as the country. The majority of the existing literature …
Read MoreSaudi Strategy In Syria: Rewriting Mideast’s Political Map? – Analysis | James M. Dorsey
Saudi Arabia’s recent announcement that it would send a ground force to confront the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria …
Read MoreThe Crisis in World Leadership | Munawar Mirza
The last decade of the 20th century saw the emergence of the US as the sole superpower and the advent …
Read MoreN.Korea Follows Indo-Pakistan Down the Nuclear Gutter | Pervez Hoodbhoy
America is fuming, South Korea and Japan are terrified, Russia is worried, and China is miffed. North Korea’s podgy pudding-and-pie …
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FOR too long now, economic orthodoxy has focused on macroeconomic fundamentals to assess the health of an economy. So when …
Read MoreQuadrilateral Peace Talks on Afghanistan | Akbar Jan Marwat
The matter of peace talks between the Afghan government and representatives of the Afghan Taliban is so essential that efforts …
Read MoreLiving Under the Shadow of Terrorism
Both civilian and military agencies agree that despite a significant decline in terrorist attacks the threat of terrorism still looms …
Read MoreRising Terrorism in the World | Shaheera Syed
Over the last several years, it appeared that Pakistan was moving back to the Stone Age where people lived in …
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