Dr Qaisar Rashid

In 1979, Pak-Afghan relations strengthened Pak-US relations by waging a conflict against the invading Soviet forces in Afghanistan. However, in 2017, Pak-Afghan relations are wearying Pak-US relations, when the US itself is embroiled in the Afghanistan quagmire. Lately, what nudged Pakistan back into the Afghanistan snare was the attack of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on […]

India’s future is hopeful whereas Pakistan’s future is perilous. This is the central idea of Stephen Philip Cohen’s book, The South Asia Papers: a critical anthology of writings, published by Harper Collins Publishers India in 2016. In 1998, Cohen became the only first full-time South Asia specialist at a Washington think tank. This opinion piece […]

The learning curve of India’s external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), is faulty. This is the central idea of Myra MacDonald’s book, “Defeat is an orphan: How Pakistan lost the Great South Asian War,” published by Penguin Random House India in 2017. MacDonald is a journalist who specialises in South Asian politics […]

China has not only outdone Latin America in exporting commodities, but it has also become the main importer of Latin America’s natural resources: China has reduced Latin America from exporting commodities to the world to exporting natural resources to China. This is the central idea of Kevin P. Gallagher’s book, The China Triangle: Latin America’s […]

Despite fostering associations with men having criminal pasts and shady business practices — that encompass drug trafficking, swindling, racketing and felony — and indulging in tax evasion, prevarication, playacting, and faking through casino and real estate-cum-building businesses, within the context of corporate America, Donald Trump has become the 45th President of the America. This is […]

Revered by the world was a politically democratic and economically egalitarian Turkish model, which acquiesced to political authoritarianism owing to certain changes introduced by the Arab Spring of 2011.This is the central idea of Cihan Tugal’s book, The fall of the Turkish model: How the Arab uprisings brought down Islamic liberalism, published by Verso in […]

Domestically, Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modis facing certain challenges ranging from the application of the belief in Hinduism to figuring out an India-specific economic growth model. This is the central idea of Rajiv Kumar’s book, “Modi and his challenges,” published by Bloomsbury in 2016. Kumar is one of India’s leading economists. This opinion […]

Realpolitik determines the contours of the Modi Doctrine embodied in contact and commercial diplomacy. This is the central idea of Sreeram Chaulia’s book, “Modi Doctrine: The Foreign Policy of India’s Prime Minister,” published by Bloomsbury in 2016. Chaulia is an academician specialising in both international security and international political economy. This opinion piece intends to […]

China carries its own understanding of society and the politico-economic system. This is the central idea of Wang Hui’s book, “China’s Twentieth Century: Revolution, Retreat and the Road to Equality,” edited by Saul Thomas and published by Verso in 2016. Hui was named one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world in 2008 […]

Decolonisation in Asia laid the basis for a shift of global economic and political power to Asia. This is the central idea of the Gideon Rachman’s book, “Easternisation: War and Peace in the Asian Century,” published by Penguin Random House in 2016. Rachman worked for The Economist for fifteen years and is now the chief […]