Does Modi’s ‘Hindu-isation’ of India harm the world order? on March 3, 2020At least forty-four people were killed, and hundreds were injured.Millions across the world are thunderstruck. Delhi has not seen such an intense sectarian violence in decades. The sad occurrence was not in isolation but a corollary of Modi’s initiated drive of Hinduisation and saffronisation of India. Thesaffronisation of a secular constitution while constructing Pakistan asan […]
What exactly does Middle East mean for America? on January 9, 2020Amidst high tensions between Iran and America, American defence sectary Dr. Mark T. Esper’s tweet “Attack against us will be w/ in responses in the time, & place of our choosing” reflects thedeterminationof the former American sectary of state John Foster Dulles. In the early 50s, John Foster Dulles compiled the first American nuclear doctrine […]
The best defence is a good offence on May 24, 2019Venezuela is facing one of the worst crises in human history in absence of a war, conflict or natural disaster. The massive mass protest, scuffles between security forces and anti-government elements, rising inflation, and increasing sanctions have brought the state to its knees. Apart from domestic miseries, Venezuela is emerging as another battleground for a […]
Does Khan rupture the dark nexus? on August 3, 2018In Pakistan, Imran Khan’s victory in the2018 elections is the continuation of the world wide momentum of the populism. The phenomenon put many grass-root and unknown entities at the helm of affairs in both developed and developing countries. This drive is being pushed according to a few essential principals of which; nationalism tops the hierarchy. […]
The China I know on June 1, 2018In the 70s era, the then president Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto facilitated the Sino-US diplomatic efforts that eventually ended in US-China rapprochement. The successful backdoor diplomacy opened China diplomatically to the external world accompanied by the veto power status in the United Nation Security Council (UNSC). The intimate relations between Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Chairman […]
The China I know! on May 26, 2018In the 70s era, the then president Mr Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto facilitated the Sino-US diplomatic efforts that eventually ended in US-China rapprochement. The successful backdoor diplomacy opened China diplomatically to the external world accompanied by the veto power status in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).The intimate relations between Mr Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Chairman […]
Revisiting the Middle East on April 20, 2018Unlike his predecessor whose presidency saw ‘an era of retreat’, Donald Trump has rather taken an aggressive course to advance goals of American foreign policy. In Asia-Pacific, Trump entangled American horns with China in trade war, adopted hawkish posture in South Asia, and in the Middle East, bent upon to scrap the Nuclear Civil deal […]
Russia and the West beyond the diplomatic predicament on April 3, 2018At the turn of the last century, a number of rapprochements have been witnessed among erstwhile adversaries. A few decades earlier, these were hardly conceivable but now have become realities due to Russia’s foreign policy activism. Following the Soviet Union’s demise, Russian leaders from Mikhail Gorbachev to President Vladimir Putin displayed their desires for joining […]
The FATF and Pakistan’s dismal diplomacy on March 20, 2018In recent days, the words ‘grey-list’ and ‘Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’ grabbed the attention of Pakistan’s entire state machinery and emerged as crucial discussion points in media and policy circles. However, at the same time, far from this corner of the globe, in the Far East region of Asia, diplomatic magicians were exorcising the […]
The new US national defence strategy on March 3, 2018On January 19, 2018, the US Secretary of Defence James Mattis unveiled the unclassified synopsis of the classified 2018 National Defence Strategy (NDS) during his speech at John Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. The defence secretary firmly asserted that “the central challenge to US prosperity and security is the re-emergence of long-term strategic […]