Will positioning powerful Turkish military as backbone of regional strategy secure Turkey’s place in new world order?
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ushered in the new year, pledging to employ his country’s military to secure Turkey’s place in a rebalanced new world...
Op-ed: Pakistan needs to declare national emergency on the development of its youth
This tale dates back to 1971 when a South-Asian country got independence from another South-Asian country. At the time of independence, she was regarded...
Op-ed: Is the OIC really doing its job?
On 21 August 1969, an Australian-born Christian Dennis Michael Rohan attempted to set fire to the Ancient Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The fire destroyed...
Op-ed: How India stifles dissent in the illegally-occupied Jammu and Kashmir State?
Not only the Kashmiris but also the Indians were surprised to learn that their valorous army had resumed fake encounters to terrify the Kashmiris...
Indonesia potentially set to take on China and claim leadership of ‘moderate’ Islam
President Joko Widodo’s recent cabinet reshuffle suggests that Indonesia may adopt a more critical attitude towards China and reinforce government support for efforts by Nahdlatul Ulama...
Op-ed: Pakistan’s has concerns over the growing strategic ties of US India
In the post-cold war era, the USA emerged as a superpower and dominated international affairs. After almost two decades the economic rise of China...
A look back at Pakistan’s exports in 2020
The year 2020 would be remembered mostly for the Covid-19 pandemic which did not leave any corner of the world unscathed. From the social vantage...
Op-ed: Will there be a new world order in 2021?
Besides a renowned influential critic and political activist, Avram Noam Chomsky is to be deemed as the pioneer of modern linguistics by sparking the...
COVID-19 vaccine is a ray of hope but is it a ray of hope for all?
After the 2nd World War, the world at large made unprecedented strides towards eradicating poverty, reducing childhood mortality, increasing life expectancy, and expanding literacy....
Orderly management of decline
The Iron Lady of Great Britain, Mrs Margaret Thatcher used this term after meeting with her senior bureaucrats. Yes, they are good at maintaining...
Will US democracy survive Trump’s election fraud allegations?
Four years ago Trump was an outsider, nobody believed he would get enough votes to win. Hillary Clinton seemed a sure winner being a...
Op-ed: UN should grant ‘some status’ and declare India a rogue state
With close to nine lakh troops, police constabulary, and security sleuths deployed, the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir State is practically an Indian colony. Even...