India-Israel nexus can’t be ruled out in Sri Lankan attacks

Rafiq Jan | Sri Lanka, a peace-loving nation, becomes the victim of terrorism after a long respite. It had hardly finished celebrating the economic growth...

Pakistan’s Hospitality & Tourism: A long but rewarding journey

Hadi Pirzada | For hundreds of years, the hospitality and tourism industry has been an important sector contributing to the economies around the world. The...

Turkey beyond 2023: A new geopolitical reality

Abdul Rasool Syed | The expiration of the treaty of Lausanne by 2023 has triggered a new debate among the global geo-political and geo-strategic thinkers...

Daesh in Kashmir: A Hindutva dream come true

Andrew Korybko | There are conflicting reports that Daesh has carried out its first attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The terrorist organization claimed responsibility for a...

Will Norway’s attempts to abolish nuclear weapons make a difference to nuclear proliferation?

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal  The Norwegian Nobel Committee once again certified the utopian vision of a world free of nuclear weapons on October 6, 2017....

Sharif Corruption knows no bounds

 Ikram Sehgal | The Nawaz Sharif episode shows that pervasive corruption has not only acquired respectability in a perverse manner in Pakistan but left to...

After initiating civil war US and EU look to ‘colonize’ Libya

Adel Karim | The civil war initiated in Libya by NATO and its allies has been going on for more than six years. Since it...

Pakistan withdraws from Chinese dam building deal. What does this mean for the future of CPEC?

James M. Dorsey | In a rare challenging of Chinese commercial terms that underlie the country’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative, Pakistan and Nepal have...

China’s Rohingya ‘doosra’ baffles India

M K Bhadrakumar | There is delightful irony that China has put forward a plan to resolve Rohingya refugees, which is so deceptively simple and...

Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s achilles heel

James M. Dorsey | Emboldened by perceived White House support, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears to have stepped up his risky, so far...

“Till Death Do Us Part”: A Military Wife’s Story

Aisha Saeed | It was 12 at midnight. Sara sat drowsily on the sofa with the phone by her side. Never had she waited this...

Sino-Pak Relations: Our Economic Prowess is the Key

Mudassir Saeed Laghari | In the autumn of 1793, George Macartney, the leader of the first British diplomatic mission to China, met Chinese Qianlong Emperor....