Miracle of Han River: the economic success of South Korea
Korean Peninsula remained under the control of Japan from 1910 to 1945 for more than thirty-five years due to Japan's military and economic dominance...
US-China exposing the myth of Thucydides’ Trap
Wars end in ceasefires, “grand concerts’, and realizations that they were avoidable, that they were cumulative upshot of reciprocal stupidities of belligerents. The Post-World...
Is the US being unfair towards Pakistan?
Pakistan possesses an advantage in South Asia given its geo-strategic location and no matter how hard different lobbies working against Pakistan try, it just...
India’s Naxalite Movement: how did it begin, and will it ever end?
Early April, there was a pitched battle between a Naxalite (or Maoist) group (called “rebels” by the Indian government) and government forces of over...
The French dilemma and its implications for Pakistan’s foreign policy
Sovereignty bestowed to the nation-states was to make sure the political, religious, and social stability remains against each other. The difference in the identities...
Yemen peace plan: how to end the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
In January 2015, Houthis backed by Iran, ousted pro-Saudi president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, formed a ruling council, and began to rule Yemen from Sana....
Here’s a list of the US’ top failures in Afghanistan
US President Biden's announcement that his country will initiate its full withdrawal from Afghanistan on 1 May and complete it by the twentieth anniversary of the...
Biden’s plan to run roughshod over Afghan peace
So at long last, the US withdrawal plan from Afghanistan is public as the US has finally decided on the total exit of the...
Failure of Indian rhetoric to isolate Pakistan in the international community
Since Modi took the helm of affairs in New Delhi, his government’s larger approach seems diplomatically ostracizing Pakistan at the international level on the...
Athletes knock the legs from under global sports governance
Sports governance worldwide has had the legs knocked out from under it. Yet, national and international sports administrators are slow in realizing the magnitude...
World’s water woes and how climate change caused this crisis
Water is scarce. It is a precious commodity and life without water is unimaginable. Yet, climate change, conflicts, and poor water management techniques are...
Amid nuclear treaties, is Biden a win for arms control and global security?
President Joe Biden, after taking over as 46th president of the U.S. is confronted with a major challenge of rescuing the arms control regime,...