Will Trump continue ‘Pivot to Asia’ policy to contain China?
Abdul Rahim | The U.S’s Pivot to Asia The inauguration of President Trump will restructure U.S foreign policy with a greater emphasis on controlling a ‘rising...
Pakistan and the Strategic Chessboard in 2017
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | The global strategic chessboard will remain complex in 2017 as the conversion in the global strategic environment continues. The transition in...
Changing Global Order: Challenges & Opportunities for UN’s new Secretary General?Â
Minahil Toor | Antonio Guterres, became world's top diplomat on Jan 1, 2017. He has replaced Ban Ki Moon, as UN's Secretary General and will...
Can the US’s constitutional set-up keep Donald Trump in check?
The idea of Donald Trump as the most powerful individual in the world has generated a great deal of anxiety. Trump proposed to ban...
Why Pakistan’s energy policy will create an environmental hazard?
By Imtiaz Gul l Minister of Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal recently informed the parliamentary committee on CPEC that Thar coal would be used for...
Jag Lahore Jag aur bacha Pakistan ko!
Dr. Farid A Malik If Lahore does not rise, Pakistan will sink. Takht-e-Lahore was created by Zia’s Askari Lashkar to derail democracy and it has...
Should General Raheel have regrets?
Jaweria Waheed In Pakistan’s history apparently no military chief was as non-controversial as Gen. Raheel Sharif. He successfully carried on the legacy of the family...
Dangerous implications of India’s cold start doctrine
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | India's Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat's, confirmation about the existence of the’ Cold Start Doctrine’ verified Pakistan’s serious concerns about India’s...
Pakistan, China and Russia: New Great Game in South & Central Asia?
Abdul Rahim | A tense geostrategic scenario is building up in the Indian Ocean Region. Signs of a new great game are on the horizon....
Are KP police capable of fighting terror and crime?
Imtiaz Gul | Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has seen a remarkable turnaround in the fight against terrorist and extremist groups in the last couple of...
Cold War new norm between India & Pakistan..?
Fahd Humayun | If there is to be a regional policy takeaway from 2016, it is that New Delhi’s apathy for a rapprochement with...
Has Russian Czar handed America’s President Elect a poisoned apple to eat?
Tony Walker | Finally, Donald Trump has publicly conceded that Russia sought to influence last year’s US presidential election by hacking the website of the Democratic...