The rise of Eurasia: Geopolitical advantages and historic pitfalls

James M Dorsey | Asian players are proving to be conceptually and bureaucratically better positioned in the 21st century’s Great Game that involves tectonic geopolitical...

Cynthia & Malala: East vs West?

Imran Jan | On Twitter, an American lady named Cynthia Ritchie has recently started arousing mixed emotions from people from various walks of people, mostly...

Indian Muslims: A rich hunting ground for Middle Eastern rivals – James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey | When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently declared that Turkey was “the only country that can lead the Muslim world,” he probably...

Winter is coming in Afghanistan but will it bring peace?

Imran Jan | The Taliban’s unchanged demand has been for the foreign occupation forces to leave. Late last year, Trump announced reducing the 14,000 American...

Curbs on Media-Dawn editorial

Imran Jan | Dawn newspaper editorial on December 14, 2018, is quite interesting. At the outset, I must suggest to the writer of the Editorial...

Why Pakistan needs a ‘Private Army’?

Zeeshan Munir | The services of private contractors are used around the world. P. W. Singer, author of Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry...

Three foreign policy opportunities for Pakistan: PTI Government needs to cash?

Jan Achakzai | Pakistan has this rare opportunity in its foreign policy and geo-strategic battle space to capitalize on that has perhaps never been seen...

Where is Reham Khan?

Farah Adeed | The Sociology of Marriage offers interesting accounts to understand what does marriage mean? Why do we get married? What are the social implications...

Balochistan and its fate in CPEC

M Bilal Abdul Ghani | Ignorance over ignorance would be disastrous for this country and we should learn lessons from mistakes of history like Fall...

Afghanistan: Withdrawal controversy – Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The United States military establishment did not appreciate President Donald Trump’s announcement to withdraw half of the more than 14,000...

A path towards peaceful Afghanistan

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | President Donald Trump’s contentious plan to withdraw roughly half of the United States troops stationed in Afghanistan by the end...

All is not well in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan – Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | Monitoring has proven to be the most effective tool of modern management. In performance reviews past events are discussed, real-time...