Water woes: challenges and way forward
Bilal Ghani | The alarm bell is sounding and water bomb is ticking, but I think it has done a little impact on the ears...
Afghanistan’s ethnic divide: Crisis of Identity and Power
Qamar Cheema | The world is moving from liberal leadership and democracy to illiberal democracy and illiberal leadership but Afghanistan has yet to even have these...
The Myth of Civil Military tensions
Qammar Cheema | Pakistan’s second democratic transition has brought political stability and increased trust of people on national institutions. People have started participating in the...
Pak-China Relations weathered yet another storm
Taimur Khan | On September 17, 2018, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa commenced his three-day official visit to China. The...
Regional rivalries threaten Iran-Pakistan Relations
Fatemeh Aman | A recent abduction of border security forces along the Iran-Pakistan border in southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province is testing Iran-Pakistan relations. Iran has suggested...
THAAD vs S-400: A comparative analysis
Mariyam Masood | Missile defense systems are intended to safeguard a country against imminent ballistic missile attacks. Both THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and...
Hindutva’s war on names
Aiza Azam | Recent renaming of the historic city of Allahabad, a metropolitan center in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), India, has stirred up...
Resuming peace talks – Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Afghanistan's anarchical situation has frustrated both internal and external stakeholders. The recent parliamentary elections presented the continuity of the democratic...
Israel at Pakistan’s doorstep: The strategic implications of Oman-Israel relations
Sabtain Ahmed Dar | While every news-outlet in Pakistan fell into the trap of Avi Scharf’s propaganda against Pakistan, Israeli PM Natenyahu paid a secret...
Foreign agencies in Baluchistan: raising anti-CPEC narrative?
Merwah Qureshi | CPEC is a flagship project of China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI). It is a multi-billion project with the great potential of socio-economic...
What began with a bang, ended in a whimper – Javed Hassan
Javed Hassan | “We must not make a scarecrow of the law, setting it up to fear the birds of prey, and let it keep...
Religious extremism in Pakistan: Genesis and a way forward
Farah Adeed | “Each society has its régime of truth, its ‘general politics’ of truth: that is, the types of discourse which it accepts and makes...