Introduction The United States and the Taliban have held some rounds of talks with the objectives to bring about a lasting deal in Afghanistan; so far, no meaningful progress has been made. In the last few days, two major meet-ups have taken place in Beijing and Moscow in order to build upon the impetus generated…
American government is known for churning out country reports for furthering political objectives, which at times have nothing to do with the subject matter of such reports. Depending upon requirement, such reports are reversed engineered, the objective of the report is defined first and then data is cherry picked to fill in the content that…
During the last couple of years Pakistani judges and lawyers have increasingly drawn the attention of the public to their profession and conduct. Starting from the early days of Pakistan’s existence at a time when the state of Pakistan was young and vulnerable the judiciary has been justifying military take-overs and rulers with the ‘doctrine…
Babri mosque is a long-standing political, historical and socio-religious dispute. India’s Supreme Court recently declared a landmark verdict thwarting Muslim claims to the site where in a 1992 Hindu mob led by BJP activists destroyed the 491 years old Babri Mosque that had been built by the first Moghul ruler Babur in 1528. Hindus were…
Geopolitical changes during the last decades coming with such speed require our security personnel to remain abreast with the changed situation and acquire clarity about the possible consequences for Pakistan. The ongoing globalization has confirmed that there has never been any physical separation of Europe from Asia and the Ural Mountains and Caucasus have rather…
On December 17th after a long-drawn-out trial former military ruler retired General Musharraf was found “guilty of high treason and sentenced to death” by a three judges bank in a 2:1 split vote. The trial had been initiated for his abrogation of the Constitution of Pakistan and the declaration of a state of emergency as…
‘Strategic assets’ is a relatively new concept that arose in connection with the fast-forward development of economic globalization in the 20thce. And a new wave of economic cold war that has been leashed by the change in economic power centers more recently and the reorganization of economic, political and strategic alliances connected with it. By…
The economic weapon is among the most powerful assets that any government possesses in protecting national security. Greater scrutiny is accorded to economic transactions involving strategic assets: the US government has enacted laws to protect a wide range of “Strategic Assets”, those include American farmland, airlines, telecommunications, and defence-related corporations from what it considers adverse…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the regional leader of innovation, smart economy, artificial intelligence and human capital. The UAE is also leader of re-exports, financial hub, investments and last but not least one of the idealist hub of human wisdom, interaction and knowledge. Innovation is the mean to survive on this planet which has…
As per IMF forecast Africa will be second-fastest growing region in the world between 2016 and 2020 with annual growth of 4.5%. Seven African countries are posting annual growth rates well above 5.5%. Similarly, among the fifteen fastest growing global economies, eight are in Africa. Notwithstanding the fact that the region is of great strategic…
