US restrictions on Chinese investment next front in trade dispute

AFP | President Donald Trump this week is due to launch the next phase of his economic confrontation with Beijing, with new restrictions possible on...

Russia military ‘will stay’ in Syria – but not long-term: Putin

News Analysis | President Vladimir Putin says Russia has no plans to pull its military out of Syria, but isn't building permanent facilities there. The troops "will...

Good news for China aspirants: Chinese Embassy steps up visa facilitation

News Analysis | Owing to the need of the hour, the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad has hired two female Pakistani employees to facilitate the Urdu-speaking...

CPEC: Pakistan’s ‘Chinanization’ or Colonization?

Adnan Qaiser | It is said that in 1960 when Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong sent off General Gengbiao, his second ambassador to Pakistan, he advised...

National interests and geopolitical factors in Russia-Pakistan Relations

Leonid Savin | Presentation text read at the international conference “The Seventy-year Jubilee of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the USSR/Russia and Pakistan”, Russian...

Geopolitics and geo-economics of belt and road

Babar Zehri | The key Chinese foreign policy-makers, including the whole standing committee of the politburo, summoned a landmark conference dedicated to ‘Peripheral Diplomacy’. It...

Great Powers strategic competition in Indo-Pacific region

Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The convergence of Americans and Indians strategic interest not only endure Washington’s decisive role in the Indo-Pacific region but also strengthen...

China’s Xi backs nuclear deal in talks with Iran leader

AFP | Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for the Iran nuclear deal to be "earnestly" implemented as he met the country's president following the US...

Rise of the Quad: India, US, Japan and Australia hold meetings and war exercises

News Analysis | On Thursday, foreign ministry officials from India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. met in Singapore and reaffirmed their support for a free,...

China’s ZTE vows to clean up its act following US deal

AFP | China's ZTE has pledged to dish out internal punishments and address flaws in its corporate culture after Washington and Beijing reached a deal...

Xi Jinping and Putin meet as US tensions brings them closer

AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping treated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to a state visit on Friday as the neighbouring giants forge closer ties in...

China’s gateway to N. Korea pins hopes on Kim-Trump summit

AFP | After a sanctions-driven hiatus, dozens of North Korean women are again cutting cloth, pedalling sewing machines and manning production lines at a garment...