Peace prospects for Pakistan: Time to set boundaries with demands
Alia Sarfraz & Junaid S. Ahmad | If you do not ask, you do not get a seat at the table. As with any abusive...
Pakistan-India standoff: The role of Israel, US, and Beyond – Part-I
Sabtain Ahmed Dar | On 14th February, hardly a few hours had passed since the Pulwama attack and no thorough investigation had been done by...
Iran trusts Imran Khan but will verify the promise – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani received a phone call from Pakistan PM Imran Khan late in the evening on March 9, which...
Medical treatment abroad – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | Even as the world waits, with bated breath, about the outcome of an (ongoing) stand-off between two nuclear powers in South Asia,...
Have Pakistanis learnt the use of Soft Power?
Adam Garrie | For decades, Pakistan has been cursed with political leaders who seemed incapable of grasping the importance of soft power as a tool...
Kazakh police raid raises spectre of China’s long arm – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | A police raid on a Kazakh group documenting the plight of Kazakhs and Uyghurs caught in a brutal crackdown in China’s...
Aurat March: What went wrong!
Farah Adeed | Populism and polarization have become permanent features of the modern world. Francis Fukuyama, Professor of Political Science at the Stanford University, observed...
Understanding geopolitical environment before Pulwama attack – Asif Haroon Raja
Asif Haroon Raja | Pulwama suicide attack on February 14, 2019, was the biggest militant attack in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) killing 44 CRPF soldiers....
India to face music at all fronts
Shahzad Rahim | India couldn’t get the kick in the stampede because of its unfortunate policies. The world dynamics are changing fast but the Modi...
Iran and North Korea highlight pitfalls of Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ strategy – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Donald J. Trump’s hitherto failed ‘maximum pressure’ approach to Iran, as well as for that matter North Korea, begs the question...
Pulwama: An equilibrium of deterrence that fell apart
Mehboob Qadir | Pulwama blast has turned out to be truly a watershed, a defining moment in relations between India and Pakistan in more than...
Pakistan’s peace gesture and India’s warmongering
Abdul Rehman Malik | The relationship between two arch-rivals India and Pakistan has never been sound since Independence from British Yoke in 1947. Both countries...