India’s endorsement of US led regional order
Bhakhtawar Liaquat | Introduction Lord Palmerston of great Brittan said that ‘there is no permanent friends and permanent foe in international relations but only permanent interest’...
PM Imran Khan: Man who sacrifices his ego for his nation
Javed Hassan | Always quick on the draw in writing-off Khan, the naysayers had already declared his recent visit to the UAE a failure. Once...
You are either with us or with the enemy
Imran Jan | The end of the Afghan war may look no different than its start. Chaos, killings, devastation and so forth. Victor Hugo told...
Zalmay Khalilzad’s idea of paradise on earth – Asif Haroon Raja
Asif Haroon Raja | Peace talks in Afghanistan have gained momentum and third round of direct talks between the US and the Taliban have taken...
US-Taliban talks: Some good news? – Imtiaz Gul
Imtiaz Gul | In the maze of negativity generated post general elections in July, some good news has begun greeting us all; the British High...
Case of IOK: A valley of death and destruction
Dr. Zeeshan Khan | In September 2018, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi took the floor at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and made a...
Stepped up US military posture in the Gulf threatens Indian hopes for Iran’s Chabahar port – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | The arrival of the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier group in the Gulf to deter Iran from further testing ballistic...
US – China rivalry in Indo-Pacific region and Chinese energy security
Amina Khan | Historically, the region has been most important for the US, having its naval bases one of which is Diego Garcia being located...
Modernity, politics, and Islam: A discussion with Dr.Raghib Naeemi
Farah Adeed | We are now a part of a rational, complex, and the highly integrated modern world, in which people do not have the patterns...
Are peace overtures worth the effort?
Imran Jan | Imran Khan, one could argue, has acted unprecedentedly by making peace overtures to India, which has come up with laughable excuses. Indian...
Crawling through my skin, the wounds reopen every winter
M Zafar Khan Safdar | My drive is depleted, My smiles been deleted. Between all the tears, I feel angry and cheated. Like a festering wound From a splinter in...
Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch
James M Dorsey | With the 2018 World Cup in Russia behind it, the soccer world’s focus shifts to the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Politics...