Ali Imran Atta

Halford John Mackinder was a British geographer who hypothesized in his 1904″ tractate”. The Geographical Axis of History that whoever holds control over the Eurasian heartland, which stretches through the Volga up the Yangtze and the mountains of the Himalayas through the Arctic, will also have sway over the rest of the world. Mackinder’s idea […]

The post-World War II world order has been dominated by the United States of America and, to some extent, its European allies and NATO forces. These forces are responsible for creating and maintaining the global “rules-based order,” especially following the conclusion of the Cold War. However, as the Moscow assault on Ukraine has demonstrated, this […]

With the extremist Taliban’s myopic view of female education, The KPK government must allow Afghan female students to finish their degrees in neighbouring universities. This would enable the Islamabad policymakers to launch fresh Kabul policy, which it desperately needs following its recent unproductive talks and setbacks with the Taliban clergy administration. Regrettably, the Taliban clergy […]

Taliban is the name of a political cum religious ideology, and it is now hard to ignore the reality that has served as a strategic anchor in Islamabad’s policy. A new Afghan approach should put more of an emphasis on dialogue with both the ruling clergy government and the Afghan people. Civilian and military authorities […]

The US-Pakistan debate around consecutively has started again with newfangled. In the past, bilateral relations have not been severed for long before reuniting. The irony is that they were unable to remain together for a long time before splitting up once again. The association has been remarkably similar to that between a betrothed who cannot […]

In 1820, the Sikh Empire under Ranjit Singh annexed Kashmir to Punjab. After the Sikh surrender in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the consolidation of the region from the British under the Treaty of Amritsar, Gulab Singh, the Raja of Jammu managed to succeed as the new ruler of Kashmir in 1846. The rule of […]

The United States of America emerged as the first country to develop formal relations with Pakistan on August 15, 1947, one day after Pakistan gained independence through the partition of British India. These relations are a critical component of the US state’s overarching framework in Central and South Asia, as well as in Eastern Europe. […]

The Biden administration’s foreign policy priorities are in some ways defined, however, there is little chance of a significant shift in its policy toward Pakistan. For several years, the US viewed Pakistan solely through the lens of Afghanistan, and there is no obvious sign that the Biden regime will depart from that strategic approach. As […]

The parliamentary form of government is the best among existing constitutional systems. However, the facts vary from region to region, and to judge the quality of democracy, one must review both the conceptual foundations of democratic values as well as its kinetic and productive performance. It is inappropriate to believe that something less than the […]