I don’t normally elaborate on topics related to politics and refrain from typical political biases because my main interest revolves around strategic subjects about how Pakistan can be self-sufficient and be able to represent itself as a powerful Islamic welfare state in the comity of nations. Having said that if there are events that are…
This article is quite important under the current political situation in Pakistan and foreign currency crisis we are facing due to shortage of dollar reserves and hiking inflation after the announcement of the federal budget. The major political parties appear to be playing a Blame Game pointing to each other but not handling the situation…
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This article is important in light of the existing situation between Russia and Ukraine and their corresponding foreign policies. The invasion has begun and it is not sure how long it may take for this war to end. Russia has kept a low profile in the past couple of decades focusing on fixing internal and…
The rapidly changing and developing geopolitics around the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and Gulf/Arabian Seas raise some serious challenges and concerns for the Pakistan Navy for protecting Pakistan’s seaward interests. Some challenges were mentioned in previous articles such as handling Indian hegemony, preventing maritime terrorism, Seaward Economy considering China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and protecting…
The world political stage has dramatically changed at a very fast pace during 2020 and 2021. The pandemic affected the global economy, rules of engagement in all spheres of life changed and political stage shifted from Europe to China and Russia followed by a chaotic withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan and the rise of…
Pakistan and Afghanistan are next door neighbors with predominant Muslim populations along with joint historic cultural linkages; however, the relations between these two predominant Islamic countries were never pleasant since day one. Analyzing demographically, southern and eastern Afghanistan is predominately Pashto-speaking, like the adjacent Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Tribal Areas, and northern Baluchistan regions in Pakistan. This…
The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit occurred in the shadow of sudden and dramatic events in Afghanistan that resulted in the emergence of Afghan Taliban rule after 20 years. It can’t be said for certain whether any of the SCO member countries and western stake holders were prepared for such a scenario. This un-expected…
This piece is in continuation to my previous article on the subject due to its huge implications on the region, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan and I feel it is imperative to highlight and elaborate further what will be the basic ingredients of the new Great Game in South and Central Asia. The sudden and unexpected…
Introduction: The traditional Great Game” term used in literature was a political and diplomatic confrontation that existed for most of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century between the British and Russian Empires over Afghanistan where the intent was to maintain Afghanistan as a buffer state between the two Empires. The Great Game…
