Tag: diplomacy
China’s foreign minister to visit N. Korea this week
AFP | China's foreign minister will visit North Korea this week, his office said Monday, becoming the highest-ranking Chinese official to travel there in years...
Is it worth the risk? – The American Iran Nuclear Agreement
News Analysis | Donald Trump has once again rung alarm bells in the international corridors of diplomacy and international relations by remarks regarding the review...
Indian Ocean: Militarization and Regional Implications
Mustansar Hussain Tasir | Significance of Indian Ocean Indian Ocean is the world’s third largest body of water and renders substantial contribution in feeding one-third of...
COAS, Bajwa in Brunei; Army carrying Diplomacy?
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is on an official visit to Brunei, held meetings with country’s top...
Pakistan: Hard choices ahead for a ‘Soft State’
Munir Akram | In his well-researched book, “A Hard Country”, Anatol Lieven attributed Pakistan’s survival from persistent internal and external crises to the extraordinary resilience...
New initiatives required to enhance Pakistan’s economic diplomacy
News Desk | GVS sat down with Mr. Haroon Sharif to discuss the issue of Pakistan’s inclusion in FATF greylist and its economic performance under the...
Indo-Pak strained relations and ways to improve ties
News Analysis | “Narendra Modi- led government should stop selling the idea of ‘quadrilateral’ project of the US, Japan, Australia and India and...
Iraq, Saudi face off in bout of football diplomacy
AFP | Iraq is hosting a football international against Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the first time in almost four decades, in a friendly encounter...
US warns of ‘critical time for humanity’ at Munich Security Conference
News Analysis | Dozens of the world’s political and military officials, politicians, journalists and security experts attended the 54th three-day (FEB 16-18, 2018) Munich Security...
India rejects cricket diplomacy
News Analysis | Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said, in a meeting with Parliament’s consultative committee, that a bilateral cricket series with Pakistan is not...
Why is Chabahar Port no match for Gwadar?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | India launched a new conduit for trade with Afghanistan when it shipped 1.1 million tons of wheat to Afghanistan from...
Military Diplomacy with Afghanistan: Will Gen Bajwa’s visit to Kabul change...
News Analysis | Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa called on the Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani and held talks on key bilateral...
The road to ‘Strong & progressive India’ passes through Beijing, not...
M K Bhadrakumar | If anyone ever told the nation that India should be prepared to fight a “two-front war” with China, he must have...
China’s ‘great game’ in its near-abroad
M K Bhadrakumar | India’s ‘Look East’ policy, which shifted to ‘Act East’ under the Modi government circa 2015, may now have to quickly shift...
Pyongyang warns Washington of ‘pain and suffering’
News Analysis | North Korea has warned the US of dire consequences if UNSC ratifies punitive sanctions against the country on Monday, adding further fuel...
BRICS declaration and the appalling crudity of India’s strategic discourses
M K Bhadrakumar | The BRICS statement naming the terrorist groups active in the South and the Central Asian region was brilliant news insofar as India and China...
