Military
Repercussions of Turkey Receiving the S-400
The first shipment of the S-400 missile has arrived at Murted Airbase, making it the first time that a major NATO member has made an arms deal with Russia. Following the failure to procure an […]
USA
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Iran’s JCPOA Violations: The Strategic Necessity
Iran recent exceeded the limit on its stockpile of low enriched uranium (LEU) set under the 2015 Nuclear Deal, commonly known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA). The broadly adopted stance amongst the […]
Economy
CPEC and Special Economic Zones: How to Usher in a Green Industrial Chapter?
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 […]
Analysis
Pak-US Relations and the Future!
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 […]
Economy
CPEC as an Innovative Model of Regional Development: Prospects and Challenges
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 […]
Politics
Establishing Synergies in Pak-Iran Relations
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 […]
Politics
Trump, Kim and Diplomacy
On Sunday, 29th June, while attending the G-20 summit in Osaka, President Donald Trump tweeted: “If Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand […]
Economy
Afghan Peace Process: Regional Stakeholders Eyeing a Piece of the Afghan Pie
The last seventeen years of Afghan history have only witnessed inconsequential and trivial progress towards peace in Afghanistan. Hollow promises and ill-conceived rigid positions have often made progress in the peace process slow, if not […]
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Could CTBT Lead to India’s NSG Membership?
The 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is deliberating the technical, political and legal aspects for admitting India and Pakistan into its folds. India, which has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) – a prerequisite […]
Analysis
Is America receding into self-isolation or is the balance of power shifting?
Since the end of Cold War and the obsolescence of the bipolar world order, global politics took a new and unprecedented turn. Realists in international relations thought surmised that because maintaining balance in a multi-polar […]