Politics
Offensive Diplomacy……why not!
Diplomacy is an art. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, it is the art of telling someone to go to hell and convincing them to look forward to the trip. Diplomacy is as old as cross-border human […]
Pakistan
Politics
Modi a Warmonger
Individual leadership holds a colossal impact on societies. Be it Napoleon, Mandela, Hitler or Mussolini, all of them were able to captivate, engage and regulate the behaviour of the masses. War begins in the minds […]
Economy
CPEC: THE MEGA WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
With strong integration of globalization and economic forces, the importance of industrialization for a country cannot be overemphasized. Industrialization is primarily a strong engine of growth for sustainable economic growth, and people centric development. This […]
Pak India Crisis 2019
Pulwama, Pakistan and the China Factor
Less than two months before the convening of the most important global gathering in the neighbourhood of Pakistan and India, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing on April 25, the Pulwama Incident […]
Politics
Pakistan’s Authoritarian Past: An Assessment
All political systems come with their fair amount of criticism whether they are democratic or authoritarian. In Pakistan, we have had a mix of democratic and authoritarian tenures, and by comparing one against the other, […]
Security
Will Afghan Peace talks bring peace?
After a protracted stay of 17 years, the United States has decided to withdraw and is in the process of negotiating a ‘Peace agreement’ that may not necessarily lead to a long term peace in […]
Missiles
Missile Contagion
Power maximization and security is the desire of every state and usually leads to insecurity for other countries. Over the past decade, India has been on the course of revolutionizing its military capability by importing […]
Politics
The Afghan Peace Process – Cautious optimism
Although the past seventeen years have been devoid of any meaningful progress towards a negotiated settlement between Kabul and the Taliban, the year 2018 and onwards has proved to be the most promising in terms […]
Nuclear
Debating the Future of NPT
The former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon once said that nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security. The world’s oldest Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) covers the three […]
Missiles
Modi’s Election Campaign Goes ‘Thermonuclear’
After declaring that India has acquired the capability to launch a surgical strike on “land, sky or space,” PM Modi has now threatened to use “mother of nuclear bomb,” to wipe out Pakistan. Addressing a […]