Turkey is trying its best to clean up the mess created by some regional countries as well as international power brokers in Syria especially in northwestern Syria’s Afrin. Although it still believes in zero interference interfering the domestic affairs of others countries, but in order to avoid severe repercussions of “Syrian Conflict” it started a…
20 January 2018 marks the 28th anniversary of the military invasion and brutal killing of civilians in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan by the forces of the former Soviet Army on 20 January 1990. Black January stands for martyrdom and human courage, resistance and denial of aggression which led to restoration of independence of Azerbaijan…
The new US National Security Strategy 2017 has three cardinal points: “America First” shall be the underwriter of the US national security strategy; America shall compete against China and Russia; and Climate change is no longer a priority. This strategy explicitly designates China and Russia as top national security threats based on presumption that the…
While President Trump was touring part of Asia, his wish to entice India and Pakistan “to talk” echoed once again in the mainstream media; this has been his well-articulated electoral promise as well. The Trump administration hopes that better relations between India and Pakistan would allow it to focus on Afghanistan. A fresh, behind the…
Since Pakistan and Afghanistan cannot change their geographical locations, it is in their long-term economic and security interest to bury the acrimonious past and forge ties. Whenever Islamabad and Kabul remain at loggerheads due to cross-border terrorism, India grabs the opportunity by further driving wedges between the two countries with the intent to maximise its…
The four-nation,Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) talks on exploring ways to revive peace process in Afghanistan were held in Oman on October 16. The parleys ended without any breakthrough and the participants—Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States preferred to stay quiet over the event and no joint statement was issued. The QCG had held its…
The Birth place of the Red Cross, the League of Nations, home to the United Nations and instrumental in conclusion of numerous anti-war laws, accords, treaties etc. Switzerland is a neutral country, its neutrality was established under the Treaty of Paris in 1815. It is the oldest neutral country in the world and it has…
A five-party Conference on Cyprus was held in Crans-Montana, Switzerland recently under the auspices of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres with the participation of President Mustafa Akıncı, Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Anastasiades, guarantor countries Turkey, Greece and the UK and in the presence of the European Union, as an observer. Security and guarantee were…
IntroductionIn 1945, the US State Department observed: “the resources of the Middle East are a stupendous source of strategic power and one of the greatest material prizes in the world history.” Presumably, effective control over the topsy-turvy Middle Eastern affairs — both economic and security — can help a hegemonic power to exercise increasing clout…
The Republic of Azerbaijan celebrates 25th anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Pakistan. Diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Pakistan are based on mutual respect, sharing unique commonalities of historical, religious and political nature. After the establishment of the formal diplomatic relations, there was no looking back and ties grew at a steady pace. Both countries are…
