Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd US President, received a hortative as well as admonishing letter from the all-time greatest Physicist Albert Einstein on October 11, 1939 signaling him of the possibility of Nazi Germany preparing a nuclear bomb soon. “A single such bomb if carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy…
Before the May 12 deadline, President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the multilateral Iran nuclear deal, with the objective to find a different method of dealing with the purported Iranian threat to the Middle East. The Trump administration has announced that “the highest level of economic sanctions” will be imposed on Iran, warning that…
Though President Donald Trump touted his meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un as a historic move, most independent evaluations and interpretations do not support the presidential camp’s euphoria. Critics say that the summit has legitimised Kim whose regime has been accused of multiple human rights abuses, and that the summit was more about headlines than…
The debate on civil-military relations usually refer to the civil-military balance in the internal politics of a state. In such debates the role of the armed forces along with the performance of civilian politicians has remained under discussion. A perplexing working limit between the officers of armed forces and civilian authorities, particularly in states of…
Dear Readers, Warnings of a looming disaster by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) indicate that Pakistan will face absolute water scarcity by 2025. It is astonishing and deplorable that despite knowing the grim situation in the water sector no govt has been able to…
The One Belt and One Road (OBOR) initiative would lessen the probabilities of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan providing Pakistan a competence to monitor India’s naval activities in the Indian Ocean. Pakistan plays a significant role in China’s Maritime Silk Route as part of China’s Belt and Road (B & R) initiative. The…
The rapidly changing and developing geopolitics around IOR and Gulf/Arabian Seas raise some serious challenges and concerns for Pakistan navy for protecting Pakistan’s seaward interests. Some challenges were mentioned before in recent articles like handling Indian hegemony, preventing maritime terrorism, Seaward Economy considering China Pakistan Economic Corridor and Protecting 290,000 Square kilometer stretched extended exclusive…
Cold War—an ideological battle between capitalism and communism witnessed 45 years of proxy wars, threatening environment and aggressive posture between the US and the U.S.S.R. The war concluded in 1991 soon after the formal breakup of the U.S.S.R, the leader of the communist world during the war period, but its blots can be observed all…
Very soon, the country will be witnessing another election. We will be fed with tons of information and disinformation. Each contestant will mudsling his/ her opponent; and the ignorant electorate will cast their vote, not on what the candidate can offer to his constituency, but on how good he maligns the opponent. The results of…
Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide Bombings/Attacks Three people were killed and 13 others sustained injuries when a Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) bus was hit by a suicide bomber in the Dhok Gama area of Attock city (Attock District) in Punjab on May 3, reports The Nation. Initial reports suggested a man riding a motorcycle…
