IntroductionAccording to the renowned structural realist, John J Mearsheimer, the Chinese economic and military rise in the 21st century would not be peaceful; the US would employ all means, fair or foul, to contain and impede China from challenging the long-lasting American hegemony in the world. The competition between the two has awakened a dormant…
The use of neighbouring soils as launching pads for hostile intelligence agencies for disruptive and subversive purposes is not uncommon. The cardinal question is whether it is in the know of the government of the neighbouring country. In Pakistan’s setting India has been using Iranian and Afghan territories for such purposes. Successive Afghan governments have…
Alfred Mahan and Sir Halford Mackinder were both highly respected geopolitical theorists and contemporaries in the 19th century. While Mahan is better known for his emphasis on maritime power interplay between occidental and oriental global framework, Mackinder is famous for his ‘Heartland Theory’ which stipulated that rule over largest landmass would become the basis for…
IntroductionThe global threat to world security in the first half of the 20th century emanated principally from the European powers and Japan as they fought for control of resources by protecting/expanding the lands they had colonized in Asia and Africa. Two great wars were fought during the period where power projection was the casus belli…
The terrible suicidal attack at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in Lahore was an inhuman act which was condemned by all in and around the world. According to government figures more than 80 innocent people were killed and 350 seriously were injured, majority of them being children and women. The green (grass) turned red (blood) on this day…
On 27 March 2016, Pakistan was again ruthlessly attacked by terrorists at Gulshan Park, Lahore, to the horror of the Pakistani Nation. More than 72 men, women and children were killed and almost 300 injured in the bloody attack. A nation that has been on a constant hit list for several years by terrorists again…
India and Pakistan must learn that Pathankot and Peshawar were mindless acts of terror, to prevent whose recurrence, there is the need to enhance cooperation, not diminish it. Pakistan must continue to take the preventive measures in real earnest and India must try and rein in the detractors. The stakes are staggeringly high for both….
During the recently concluded sixth ministerial-level Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue, Pakistan’s nuclear programme and economy attracted the maximum attention of delegates. The US tried to arm twist Pakistan to reduce its nuclear arsenal. However, Pakistan firmly expressed the resolve by not accepting any curbs on it, saying America must show “greater understanding” of its security concerns…
IntroductionDr. Muhammad Iqbal, the great poet, philosopher and thinker has proposed an innovative solution to the challenges faced by the Muslims of present era through sophisticated philosophical medium using his prose writing, ‘The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam’ that is representative of his basic philosophic insights. The book is a compilation of lectures delivered…
The Republic of Uzbekistan is on its way to greater socio-economic prosperity through its National Job Creation and Employment Program. This has not been achieved in a single day but is a gigantic effort on the part of decision makers, especially its visionary leader/president H.E. Islam Karimov who allocated and channelized all resources to attain…
