According to Michael Kugelman, an expert on South Asian affairs, Pakistan's geoeconomic strategy faces three challenges; India, the recent terrorist attack in northwestern Pakistan that killed nine Chinese nationals, and deteriorating relations with Afghanistan. However, Andrew Korybko counters this by saying that these obstacles are not as serious as some experts believe.
Kashaf Sohail holds an optimistic view regarding the nuclearization of South Asia. According to her, the presence of nuclear weapons in the region has maintained strategic stability. Nuclear weapons do pose a threat, however, an all-out war is very unlikely to happen.
Mr. James Dorsey, an award-winning journalist, talks about how China is trying to strengthen bilateral ties by building military relations with other countries. He also talks about series of unfortunate events that have caused China to review its strategic thinking and what other countries are expecting from China when it comes to cooperation.
Muhammad Ayaz Khan opens up about the account of when PTI first came into power and how the overseas Pakistanis reacted to it. He tells us how immigrants look at the actions of the current government and how people transform as law-abiding citizens as soon as they leave Pakistan.
With the exodus of US troops from Afghanistan and the speed at which the Taliban has advanced northwards, fears reign that power vacuum might emerge again as the intra-Afghan talks have made little headway. As the battlespace in Afghanistan straddles the border with Pakistan, new challenges are in store for the latter. With competing factions within Afghanistan pitch for influence and the regional states turn to safeguard their stakes checkmating chaos to secure a stable future in is dire straits.
Muhammad Akhter talks about India’s actions in Afghanistan and the measures taken by it ever since US announced its withdrawal from the region. He further talks about how India is playing a biased game in Afghanistan by working on its self serving agendas.
Public sector procurement is increasingly seen as an important instrument for inducing innovation in the private sector. However, according to Barrister Pansota, public procurement management in Pakistan needs a lot of improvement. Laws, rules, and regulations are either non-existent or poorly implemented and enforced. Therefore, it is important that the public procurement regime of the country must have specific institutions to oversee procurements.
Shane Quinn talks about the poor strategic planning that caused the Nazi's failure in dismantling the Soviet Union. He further enlists all the events that took place during that time and how the Soviet Union was able to defend itself from Hitler's ruthless planning.
According to Andrew Korybko, a Russian political analyst, India has such a promising role to play in the emerging multipolar world order that it must not allow itself to continue being misled by the US down the dark path of dividing and ruling Asia at America's behest through the Quad.
According to Amber Afreen, the rise of Artificial Intelligence has taken over the strategic stability of South Asian politics. Countries in this region are gearing up to advance their approach to weapons maintained by the technology.
One of the vaccines used by Pakistan is Sinopharm and according to statistical data, Pakistan has been successful in controlling Covid. However, Dr Aneela Kamil talks about the prejudice against Sinopharm vaccine as its administration affects travel because not every country is accepting this vaccine.
Asif Haroon Raja, a war veteran, and a defense analyst talks in detail about all the events that led to the current situation in Afghanistan. As the US withdraws, there are fears that Afghanistan will face another civil war. However, according to Mr. Haroon Raja, the spoilers of peace are drumming up a fake narrative of civil war as what could be worse than what has already been experienced by the Afghans and Pakistan during the 20-year war on terror
