Normalization with Israel to provide Gulf states cover against growing influence of Iran

The unveiling of the peace agreements between the state of Israel and the Gulf States of UAE and Bahrain depicts a classic example of...

The UAE-Israel deal’s historicity is in the fine print

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed walked away from this month’s White House signing ceremony with...

President Kennedy’s handling of conflict in Vietnam

Though not extending to aggression, US president Dwight D. Eisenhower (in office 1953-1961) instituted and supported the sometimes brutal methods of the Republic of...

Op-ed: There is no legal basis for two-finger virginity testing on women

2020 will go down in history as the year in which gendered discourse frequently saw the light of day in Pakistan. From the debate...

Will the postmodern world escape the Thucydides trap?

Thucydides was the father and founder of history as he wrote the first ever history book known as the history of the Peloponnesian war....

Op-ed: The irreplaceable Usman Buzdar

Usman Buzdar is a rare breed of politicians; one who doesn’t mind anything, who doesn’t disobey any order, who doesn’t feel threatened by anyone,...

Op-ed: Dire need to eradicate falsehoods about oath-taking as a witness

Justice means fair and moral treatment. In legal semantics, precisely, it means the legal process of judging and punishing people. Then comes the administration...

Rise of Trumpism and geoeconomic pivot to China

Though lacking intellect and often ridiculed for frequent spelling errors on Twitter timeline, such as “unpresidented” and “covfefe,” implying he gets his news feed...

Tale of two emergencies: Polio and Covid-19 through IMB lens (Part 2)

In the same report, the IMB made a recommendation for a GPEI governance review in order to make it more robust, transparent, efficient and...

Tale of two emergencies: Polio and Covid-19 through IMB lens (Part 1)

Independent monitoring board for Polio (IMB) is a neutral, independent high profile London based entity that is mandated to scrutinize and judge the Polio...

Is Europe willing to sustain economic ties with China?

As the global geopolitical sphere shapes up into a battleground between the US and China, Europe will have to ally either an erratic Donald...

Impending threat to intra-Afghan peace talks

The talks between the Taliban and Afghan government have been formally launched in Doha on September 12. Ending the 40-year-long conflict is a dream...
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