Muhammad Shoaib

The US’s retreat from Afghanistan and the Middle East poses a critical question about the future of its alliances in South Asia and the Middle East. US concentration in the Middle East is likely to reduce but it is not going to disappear completely due to certain reasons. But a South Asian country, Pakistan, which […]

The White House has published a joint statement of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and American President Barack Obama. After reading the statement, it seems convincing that this meeting was dominated by a few words: thanked, noted, reaffirmed and suggested. It does not seem difficult to assess ‘who used which word’. Ironically, nothing was discussed […]

The Chinese have probably passionately prioritised the historical statement of the father of China’s ‘Opening Course’, Deng Xiaoping, who once stated that the nation should pursue the foreign policy course on “hiding its talent, biding its time and seeking concrete achievements.” The nation kept its talent hidden for two decades, but it does not seem […]

‘Anarchy’ has remained one of the most favourite terms for International Relations scholarship to define international relations and politics. Nevertheless, International Law (ranging from Law of the Sea to Diplomatic Immunity) plays an important role in keeping states away from war and conflict. However, some portions of international law especially the Law of the Sea […]

We have been listening many debates on the expansion of the European Union (EU) in the recent times. Inevitably, it has become an interesting task for analysts of our times to envisage an enlarged union, where almost the rest of the European states would eventually become members of the union. Even with the entry of […]