Pakistan-China-Iran Trilateral Cooperation on December 10, 2020“Economy and environment are the same thing. That is the rule of nature”. (Mollie Beattie) The significance of financial resources is central to the possibility of economic collaboration among various countries all around the globe. However, the commercial linkages in state-to-state relations cannot be entirely independent of political and strategic environment of the region in […]
Pakistan-China-Iran Trilateral Cooperation on November 10, 2020“Economy and environment are the same thing. That is the rule of nature”. (Mollie Beattie) The significance of financial resources is central to the possibility of economiccollaboration among various countries all around the globe. However, the commercial linkages in state-to-state relations cannot be entirely independent of political and strategic environment of the region in particular […]
Is greater Israel in the offing on October 9, 2020According to the founding father of Zionism Theodore Herzl, “the area of the Jewish State stretches from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates.” The recent episode of ‘Middle East Peace Process’ is a proposal of Greater Israel by the Trump administration to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict formally unveiled in White House on 28 January […]
Pakistan-Expanding dimensions of foreign affairs on September 24, 2020Foreign policy is the country’s first line of defence and militarism is a political orientation of a government or people to maintain a strong military force to use aggressively to defend or promote national interests.A country’s foreign policyconsists of strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its vital national interests. There are two guiding principles […]
Middle East Dissension and Pakistan on August 21, 2020“In international relations, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.” (John Henry Temple) Iran-Saudi Arabia conflict is a political and economic struggle exacerbated by sectarian and racial differences for influence, authority and power in the Middle East and the surrounding region. The two countries continue providing a varying degree of support […]
The Conflict in Libya — Relevance to Global Order on July 30, 2020It was the last week of April 2000 when a delegation headed by General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan landed at Sirte Airport, Libya, on a chartered flight from Cairo, Egypt. Libya was then under the UN sanctions and leader Mummer al-Gaddafi was lodging in a tent village at his birth-place. The international environment, however, was […]
Urbanization or mushroom of slums on July 10, 2020Urbanization is increasing in the proportion of people living in towns and cities. It occurs because people continue relocating from rural areas to urban zones. Urbanization affects the physical environment through the impacts of the number of people, their activities and the increased demand on resources. Pakistan has the highest rate of urbanization in South […]
China in South Asia – Conflicts and Interests on June 21, 2020The recent border skirmishes in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley between China and India, though resulting in a serious loss of lives, are predicted to stay localised and short-lived. The conflict does not hold the capacity and capability to explode or expand further. China and India have gradually developed deep-rooted shared economic interests. The bilateral trade […]
Annexing West Bank — Fanning the Flame on June 2, 2020The planned annexation of parts of West Bank by Israel has moved the clash from the fringe to the centre of the Middle East conflict. The apparent noninvolvement of the US, besides other relevant international key players, has prompted Prime Minister Netanyahu to assert his confidence that annexation will happen within a few months, or […]
The significance of Indo-US alliance for Pakistan on March 4, 2018Let me begin by very briefly putting India-US relations in its geopolitical context. There is dangerous instability prevailing in many parts of the globe. The world is facing the perilous international security situation in the Middle East and Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia and Iran are vigorously sponsoring respective proxy conflicts in the region. Developments in the […]