The debate on traditional and non-traditional security has become a trend in the contemporary world because in the conflict ridden international environment it is difficult to escape from the ongoing wave of security threats. People from the world’s capitals and leading security architects of different states are struggling to overcome the wave of security challenges…
Context The frame of reference used in an analysis tremendously influences the output, and in fact shapes it. Our vantage point is congruent with the theory that the events of the Middle East are now superseding the political, security, and economic dynamics of South Asia, and are likely to become its major determinant. We are…
The changing geopolitical dynamics of world politics and their relevance to the great power politics has thrust Pakistan in the limelight in the contemporary international system. China’s economic rise under the One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR) or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) introduced the idea of economic integration which is inherited in Beijing’s…
It is easy now to criticize Pakistan’s leaders of the 50s for becoming a member of the Baghdad Pact in 1954, could our armed forces have repelled any concerted attack without being equipped in the 50s and 60s with US arms and equipment, particularly with India having weapons assiduously supplied by the Soviet Union? We…
The periodic ups and downs in US-Pakistan relationship, alternating approximately in 10 years cycles since 1971, has had us going from being the “cornerstone” of US foreign policy to being its “gravestone”. Do the decision makers at our highest levels at various institutions of state have a coherent strategy in place that they do not…
James Brien Comey Jr served as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for four years till fired by President Donald Trump on May 9, 2017. Trump initially claimed this was because of Comey’s mishandling of the investigation into the private email of Hillary Clinton. The overriding perception prevailing is that the real reason…
The decades long period of Soviet-American confrontation under the shadow of the Cold War marked an unending competition between Moscow and Washington. The emergence of Mikhail Gorbachev in Soviet Union and his reorientation of Moscow’s strategic position in world politics served to dismantle the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991. The dissolution of Soviet…
Recently President of Turkey H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced snap presidential and parliamentary elections, labelling it a “turning point” in the national history of his country. Justice and Development Party (AKP) has nominated Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as its candidate for the upcoming presidential election to be held on June 24, 2018. He vowed that…
A “thank you” is over due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose erratic and highhanded approach has, yet once again, internationalized the Kashmir dispute. In complete solidarity with the people of Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir, April 06 was observed as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’. Pakistan has always forcefully and effectively taken up the matter of…
Pakistan is located in the area where major geo strategic transformation is taking place rapidly due to many factors involving US presence in Afghanistan and its future plans, US India partnership in Indian Ocean region (IOR), new emerging SCO bloc, Chinese led OBOR project in which CPEC is the critical part and rapidly magnifying independence…
