Delineating political power and physical constraints, borders and boundaries have influenced the contemporary world order. Boundaries define the legal rights and sovereign space of governments, although borders can be demarked by agreement or natural features. They have provided security, controlled migration, and trade, and maintained sovereignty since ancient times. Conflict, treaties, and diplomacy have frequently […]
Watercolour Militancy
A monitoring organisation claims that, with or without Taliban cooperation, Al-Qaeda has “blended itself with the TTP.” The Taliban’s claim that terrorist organisations are not using Afghan territory for cross-border violence has been rejected by a United Nations Security Council report, which calls the claim “not credible” and warns that neighbouring states increasingly view Afghanistan […]
Taliban’s Double Game
Tension that had been building between Islamabad and Kabul for some time erupted into open battle when the Afghan Taliban clergy administration recently started attacks on this country, which Pak army replied heroically by repelling the aggression. Islamabad’s civil and military leadership must forge a strategy that safeguards the nation’s borders, stabilizes internal security, and […]
US-Iran-Israel: Triangle at the Test
The US and Israel are now directly involved in the continuing Middle East crisis after the US launched assaults against all three Iranian nuclear facilities over the last few days, including the underground Fordow enrichment plant. Located within a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps post, thirty kilometers northeast of the Iranian city of Qom, lies […]
National Security Synchronization
Recent history repeats itself, and it may be useful to remember that Imran Khan and Gen. Bajwa’s past hybrid governments were expected to be on the same page early to the 2022 no-confidence vote against Khan. It is a good move for the government to create the National Intelligence Fusion and Threat Assessment Centre (NIFTAC) […]
Trumpism and Pakistan
Before November 5th, PTI supporters particularly youth believed that if Donald Trump is to win the US presidential election, it would have had positive effects for US-Pakistan relations and incarcerated Imran Khan. Keeping his remarks in mind, I came to the conclusion that the people of Pakistan seriously lack a basic knowledge of international relations, […]
Revival of Regionalism
Fortunately, Islamabad foreign policy pundits have effectively forged its diplomatic presence in the Eurasian region and around the world by hosting 23rd Shanghai Corporation Organization with foolproof security. Islamabad based economists have realized that the world economic order is fast changing, with industrial policymaking a rapid comeback in the United States and Europe at the […]
Bangladesh: From Progress to Regression
When the leadership fails to keep each aspect of good governance in check, particularly when it comes to ethnic and socioeconomic divides, the crises is an oblivious outcome. Dhaka is now under crisis due to the Hassina regime’s downfall. Yet considering the disturbance following the fifth August revolution cum turmoil. Dhaka is embroiled in a […]
Facing the Geoeconomic Music
The word “geoeconomics” was first used in 1990 by American researcher Edward Luttwak to describe the expanding area of politics globally. Luttwak first used the word in an article a year after the Soviet Union’s disintegration, combining the logic of battle with economic plans. However, keeping in view the South Asia’s case, Pakistan is physically […]
Dealing with TTP
With the unanimous approval of every party involved, the prime minister approved a revived along with re-energized national counterterrorism (CT) work through the official launch of Operation Azm-e-Istehkam, symbolizing the national settlements to eradicate the terrorist activity and extremism from the country. There can be no question that the terrorist danger must be neutralized before […]