Abstract During the Cold War, the fundamental objective of the US foreign policy was based on the Truman Doctrine which was to contain communism. This kept the US military strategy and foreign policy purely focused on Soviet military strategy and her foreign policy. The post Cold War era is totally different than the Cold War…
During recent days there have been mixed vibes from India with regard to its relations with China and Pakistan. Prime Minster Narendra Modi had promised to be tough with these two countries during his electoral campaign. However, due to prudent India policies of China and Pakistan, carrying forth of his electoral promise is not an…
“Soon shall We show them Our signs in the universe and in their own selves, until it becomes clear to them that this Qur’an is indeed the truth. Is it not enough that your Lord is a witness over everything?” (Qur’an;41:53); “We did not create heaven and earth and everything between them to no purpose….
Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qasimi, the sixth edition of the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF 2017) was officially inaugurated on March 22, 2017 at Expo Centre Sharjah. Keeping in view different current issues confronting with sustainable development, climate change, public-private partnership, community development, and the last but not…
Introduction The main idea of this article is to highlight the emerging tendency in the security and political spectrum of the USA, which in view of the writer, would bring clandestine and covert intelligence havoc in Afghanistan resulting in political instability and chaos, particularly in Iran and Pakistan. If the scenario becomes real then there…
India has long cherished the dream of becoming a hegemonic power in the region, to achieve regional preponderance; New Delhi has employed both soft and hard power to bring all the peripheral South Asian countries under its military and economic influence. For India, economically and militarily rising Pakistan has continued to pose a potential threat…
Introduction Donald Trump, the US president is targeting Muslims on the pretext of the war against terrorism. He is under influence of a common myth invented after 911 by Christian fundamentalists, Neocons and Islamophobes that Islam is to be blamed for militancy and terrorism for fuelling wars. This is corollary to the earlier myth persistently…
The Economic Cooperation Organization ECO is the successor organization of RCD (Regional Cooperation for Development that was formed in 1964 leveraging the status being in American block) and was re-formed in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey under a mutual agreement to further enhance cooperation in economic, trade and tourism sectors due to border connectivity….
The Heart of Central Asia, Uzbekistan will resume direct flight operations from Lahore, to Tashkent from April 5, 2017 and will launch two flights a week. Flights would operate on every Wednesday and Friday with the number of flights to be increased in the future. Previously, Uzbekistan Airways suspended flight operations to Pakistan due to…
The recent Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit in Islamabad was an interesting event. It had symbolic as well as substantive significance. In the symbolic context the event negated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s articulation about isolating Pakistan internationally. All ten members and three observers participated in the summit, even Afghanistan did not oblige Modi by…
