‘Powerless NPT’ fails to denuclearize the world
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The landmark Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on July 1, 2018. Theoretically, it remains committed to riding...
Rising tides of intolerance and Hindu extremism in India
Taimur Khan | In the words of Col. (R) Gurnam Singh, an ex-Indian Army officer and renowned security analyst, "there is a profoundly disquieting myth...
Is NAB becoming effective again?
Ikram Sehgal | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) came into existence on 16 Nov 1999. Simultaneously Special Investigation Wings (SIWs)were raised from the ISI to...
How politicians use media to win elections?
Samra Saeed | 2018 General Elections of Pakistan are round the corner. All political parties have started to decorate their stalls to sell dreams called...
Pakistan’s democracy test: An Indian view
Subhajit Naskar | As the day of General election approaches Pakistan, the face-off between the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and state institutions is intensifying....
Is Nawaz ready to concede in the game of thrones?
Waqas Shabbir | PML-N’s power in Punjab is dwindling. NAB is sending repeated notices to members of ‘House of Sharif’. Unfavorable caretaker CM Punjab is...
Radicalization trends in South Asia
Asif Haroon Raja | Geo-strategic Importance of South Asia South Asia is house to around 1.5 billion people who represent one quarter of the world’s population....
Saudi religious diplomacy targets Jerusalem
James M Dorsey | A United Arab Emirates-backed Saudi effort to wrest control from Jordan of Islam’s holy places in Jerusalem signals a sharper, more...
Democracy has delivered little in South Asia – Salman Bashir, Pakistan’s Ex-Foreign Sec
Salman Bashir | South Asia is one of the most densely populated and among the poorest regions of the world. Its socio-economic indicators are abysmal....
India’s hybrid warfare: Options for Pakistan
Ikram Sehgal | With the Pacific Ocean dominated by the US and Japan while the Indian Ocean by the US (conceivably along with its new...
A healthy democracy needs pre-poll legal scrutiny
Saad Rasool | The nomination process for electoral candidates for the 2018 general elections is now complete. Candidates have been finalized, and party tickets have...
The Middle East: History threatens to repeat itself
James M Dorsey | If the notion that history repeats itself is accurate, it is nowhere truer than in the Middle East where the international...