Kazakhstan, like Ukraine, spotlights the swapping of the rule of law
Central Asian members of the organization, a brainchild of the now embattled former president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, joined Turkey at its recent summit in November in Istanbul in sending subtle and less subtle signals to both Russia and China as well as Iran.
How Russia can play an important role in implementing Pakistan’s National Security Policy?
Joint cooperation on these regional connectivity initiatives isn’t the only role that Russia can play in implementing Pakistan’s NSP though since there are several other promising opportunities as well. The document’s focus is on ensuring energy security through traditional and renewable means.
Reshaping the geopolitics of Middle East
The post-US- Middle East stage is already set, and Iran is likely to triumph over Saudi Arabia. In case of a significant US disengagement from the region following scenarios can occur, first is a continuation of prolonged proxy wars with both Iran and Saudi Arabia vying for dominance.
Indian engagement in West Asia: Challenges and opportunities for Pakistan
New Delhi skillfully handled the balancing act between three major blocs in West Asia, the Arab Gulf, Iran and Israel. Its relations with Turkey, however, are not currently the best. The economy of India and the Gulf countries has increasingly inter-wined in the recent past.
Pakistan’s national security policy prioritizing geo-economics
The NSP emphasis on economic security is a rational decision. Without financial well-being, the nation-state does not have a sovereign defense, a prerequisite for sovereign existence in the prevalent anarchical international system.
How will 2022 look like for Afghanistan?
Taliban leaders have repeatedly emphasized their determination to ensure girls go back to schools and universities with their ‘hijabs.' Women’s right to seek jobs has been accepted. Now what the Taliban need to do is formulate a proper vision about their scheme of pluralism and participative decision-making.
Understanding the Elections and Bar reform
As we embrace a new season of Bar elections, it is important to critically review our Bar culture and practices, in order to reform this ‘institution’ of advocacy. With a fierce belief that reform of the Bar is inextricably related to reforming the project of justice in Pakistan.
Why Kazakhstan has some important lessons for the Gulf?
The president of Kazakhstan has claimed that the recent violent demonstrations that have shaken the country were an "attempted coup d'état" by "armed fighters", adding that his forces would "never" fire on peaceful protesters. China reportedly offered to send law enforcement.
“Omicron”: A threat to world order?
Omicron fuels old covid conspiracy theories, since 2019, when covid-19 was first detected in the Wuhan city of China, many conspiracy theories came out regarding this deadly virus. Some people believed that Covid-19 was a pre-planned variant
The Red Army’s winter counterattack 80 years ago, Part II
On 29 January 1942 General Georgy Zhukov, the Soviets' top commander, complained that he had so far lost 276,000 troops in the counteroffensive, and received a mere 100,000 reinforcements. In his memoirs, Zhukov unceremoniously labeled the Russian counteroffensive a “failure”.
Trade Credit: A Basic Building Block for Industry
It is expected that there will be further increases in Pakistan’s textile export quantity starting from February 2022, as many projects are being funded through the Temporary Economic Refinance Facility (TERF) and Long Term Financing Facility (LTFF) are to bear results.
India in the lull before internal seismic upheaval
The nefarious attempt to link Muslims and Sikhs is now harming India more than any other in the present scenario. The first question is that we measure the spot from saying Pakistan border 10 miles away that the blockade; rather than the actual distance of one mile from the protesters.