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...

Insurgencies in Iran, driven by poverty and discrimination

Fatemeh Aman | The Iranian government has long accused some of its neighboring states of using terrorism and insurgency to destabilize the country. There may...

Energy projects under CPEC: Financial lifeline for Pakistan

Saud Bin Ahsen | Pakistan’s energy crisis, emanating from a significant gap between generation and supply became acute in the 1990s. By 2006, the gap...

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...
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