Analysis
Hypocrisy of Erdogan
A diplomatic reshuffle was seen in the Middle East region recently when Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed to normalize their relations in a deal brokered by US President Donald Trump. Israel and […]
Economy
Analysis
The Demise of US-Russia Bilateral Arms Control Architecture and China
NEW START remains the only arms control agreement verifiably reducing and capping the strategic nuclear arsenal of the United States and Russia. The agreement will expire in February 2021 unless extended by both the superpowers […]
Analysis
Tricky Triangle: Pakistan Caught between Colonel Sanders and the Iron Brother
Pakistan has chosen to take a pragmatic approach in its relations with the United States and China Many people in Karachi want to stay friends with the Americans. Their motivation has nothing to do with […]
Analysis
“The Fate of Terrorism and Extremism in Pakistan”
Analyzing the terrorist activities in Pakistan over the last 2 decades, a visible decline can be observed since 2013. Terrorism grew from 2000 to 2013 and was at its peak, but it decreased from 2013 […]
Economy
Global Race of Vaccines: A New Breakthrough by Russia
With the inception of a catastrophic global pandemic, a highly transmittable and infectious virus known as COVID-19 has halted everything and caused a drastic causality toll not only in China, where the first-ever coronavirus case […]
Analysis
China-Iran Deal and Changing Regional Politics
The whole world is eyeing the new economic and strategic partnership between Iran and China. According to a report in the New York Times, the agreement is worth 400 billion dollars under which Iran will […]
Economy
A Year of Deft Diplomacy Post-August 5
On Wednesday, August 5, Pakistan will commemorate the completion of a year of tyranny and illegal Indian annexation of the already-occupied portion of Kashmir. Dubbed “Yuam-e-Istehsaal”(The Day of Exploitation), the day is set to be […]
Economy
A System in Disguise: Pakistan vs Covid-19
“The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” – Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks. The fault-lines […]
Economy
Unforeseen Trap for India in the Sino-Iran Strategic Partnership
Recent developments between Iran and China are of special concern to India and a deadly diplomatic blow to India’s foreign policy. The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership concluded between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the People’s […]
Analysis
Terrorism Securitization and the Contours of RMA
Introduction Throughout the discourse of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), the technological aspect seems to have overshadowed the strategic aspect. Technological advancement is largely viewed as a game changer in military affairs. The development of […]