Islamabad Wants To Keep Options Open With Both Taliban And The United States
In August 2021, when the Afghan Taliban captured Kabul and established a government there, many serious observers expressed the view ...
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A History Of Chaotic Politics In Afghanistan
Afghanistan has been in the global limelight for the past couple of centuries owing to its unique geopolitical position. From ...
Why The Military’s Announcement To Stay Apolitical Should Be Taken With A Pinch Of Salt
The history of the military's dominance of power structures in Pakistani society is certainly not as old as Pakistan itself: ...
Is Our World Facing Threat Of Nuclear Conflict?
I was a young graduate student in England when the Cuban Missile Crisis erupted and brought the world to the ...
New Europe In Latvia And Bulgaria: Elections, Russia And The West
On 01 October, parliamentary elections were held in Latvia, a post-Soviet country, and on 02 October, parliamentary elections were held ...
An Old Continent And A New World: Is Europe Ready To Freeze For Its Ukraine Stance?
Europe's economy is struggling with many problems, and a significant slowdown: in fact, it still has not recovered from the ...
Acting Like A Cornered Bear, Putin Ups The Ante And Calls For A Partial Mobilisation
In a sure sign of desperation, confirming that he has lost the initiative to Ukraine, Putin has called for a ...
Can Pakistan Reverse The Downhill Slip?
Every situation offers a set of choices to states that are derived from external as well as internal factors, such ...
The Afghan Taliban Have Presided Over A Year Of Disappointment
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is nearing its first anniversary since its capture of Kabul in August 2021, but ...
Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Speaks To German Media, Calls For Relief To Afghanistan
In an interview with German newspaper Welt that was published this week, Minister of the State for Foreign Affairs Hina ...
Will South Asia End Up On The Wrong Side Of History?
You can find on google a map of the world which records in color the vote of the 181 countries ...
How Wise Is It For Pakistan To Look Exclusively To The East?
The brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine is now proceeding with full ferocity. It is resulting in bloodshed, terror and chaos ...
Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis: If Death’s Imminence Does Not End Racism, What Will?
German philosopher Fredrich Nietzsche writes, “Everyone wants to be pre-eminent in this future – and yet death and the stillness ...
‘People Like Us’ – The Reporting On Russia’s War In Ukraine Has Laid Bare Western Media Bias
The relentless attack by Russia on Ukraine has reproduced scenes for anyone familiar with 21st century news: intense bombardment, resistance ...
Putin’s War: Trying To Resolve An Old Strategic Dilemma With A Perilous New World Order
Some years ago, I was talking to Pakistan’s famous intellectual, political analyst and renowned environmentalist Dr. Adil Najam. I asked ...
Welcome To Hard Times
I traveled across the US last Tuesday and am now back in California for about six weeks. As is my ...
Ukraine Crisis: How Did We Get Here?
The latest Russia aggression against Ukraine throws light on two key issues – one, the security assurances provided to Ukraine ...
Why Sanctions Imposed On Russia By The US Are Doing More Harm Than Good
Hypocrites have a unique ability to create an illusion of being a friend, an ally or a partner without revealing ...
What Russian History Can Tell Us About Ukraine’s Future
To understand Russian President Vladimir Putin, the broadcast meeting of his National Security Council, days before he ordered an invasion ...
What Is At Stake In Ukraine: From Moscow’s Perspective
After the Cold War, Russia faced the most severe economic and political challenges. The collapse of the Soviet Union had ...
How High Can Russia Wield The Stick?
“Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped inside an enigma,” Churchill said these words more than half a ...
NATO’s Afghanistan Mission Became A Victim Of ‘Mission Creep’: Senior Official
A NATO official tasked with the process of drawing lessons from the Afghanistan mission has said that the security operation ...
Beyond Perceptions: How We Can Begin To Study Pakistan’s Actual Level Of Strategic Ties With The Taliban
In the past four decades, Pakistan has been relegated from the USA’s sweetheart in the 1980s to a bitter old ...
Fighting Like Kautilya: How The Taliban Grand Strategy Put Arthashastra Principles Into Practice
The eventual return of the Taliban to the helm at Kabul may be described as “sweeping,” but it cannot be ...
Historical Ironies: US Retreat From Afghanistan And Shah Shuja’s Legacy
There are distinct similarities between the first Anglo-Afghan war and the present conflict, chief of which is that it was ...
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Flood Reconstruction Efforts Struggle To Rebuild 58 Bridges In Balochistan
On 26 August 2023, as heavy rain poured...
Peshawar | Imran Khan By-election On 33 Seats | Petrol Price Hike | IMF Only Solution?
Peshawar | Imran Khan By-election On 33 Seats...