Pakistans war: a grapple with terrorism on March 2, 2017 The recent outbreak of terror attacks across the country took more than a hundred lives, including a DIG and SSP, within 5 days. Despite prior warnings, terrorists were still able to wreak havoc. The ineffaceable incidents are the cause of major dismay for the nation, a big question mark on the performance of security […]
Is USAs structural power galvanising Pakistan-Russia rapprochement? on January 31, 2017‘In politics, there are no permanent friends or enemies, only permanent interests’ This famous saying rightly depicts the on-going situation of past cold war foes and present friends: Pakistan and Russia. The thaw between the two nuclear power countries is evident through the joint military drills ‘Druzhba-2016’ (Freindship-2016), despite India’s disapproval, and other two naval […]
The Thucydides Trap: A paradigm shift from ping-pong diplomacy to gunboat diplomacy on January 23, 2017China is currently USA’s largest trading partner with $598 billion in total trade during 2015, proving how both have become increasingly reliant on one another. Despite this fact, there are other unfolding factors which are creating rifts in the Sino-American relations. There is another narrative going on apart from ping-pong diplomacy and that is of […]