Sun Tzu’s famous statement on waging war, “He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared”, outlined in his book The Art of War remains relevant in the current convoluted geostrategic environment. […]

The media portrayed the recently held Indian elections as a mixture of domestic issues, governance, prime ministerial candidates and of course, performance. Narendra Modi’s real fame is his Hindu-fundamentalism and anti-Muslim sentiments which led to […]

On July 10-11, 2019 Pakistani diplomats joined their  US, Russian and Chinese counterparts in Beijing to discuss the Afghan peace process. The talks were aimed at strengthening efforts towards an intra-Afghan dialogue between the Taliban […]

“Whosoever controls the waves, controls the world.” (Alfred Thayer Mahan) In the great games of geopolitics and the quest for global dominance, control over the world’s oceanic bodies holds preeminence. Although the US naval strategist […]

As the road network of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is rapidly being laid down across the country, it comes like the dawn of a new industrial era in Pakistan. The evidence of this claim […]

Alliances in international relations are marriages of temporary convenience(John J. Mearsheimer) Despite the doubts and speculations, Prime Minister Imran Khan has been scheduled to meet the American President Donald Trump on 22 July 2019. This […]

China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an ambitious project conceived and materialized by the leadership of Pakistan and China to transform their economic fortunes. The underlying rationale is instilling economic cooperation and trade connectivity between […]

Pakistan and Iran share geographical border besides ties of common faith, culture and history. Both countries have experienced ups and downs in their bilateral relationship. The ‘Iranian Revolution’ in 1979 had drastically changed the situation […]