Persecution of Rohingya Muslims: Will ASEAN countries find a solution?
Ahmad Rizky M. Umar | ASEAN’s non-intervention is aggravating the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslims suffering widespread abuse by the Burmese military in Myanmar’s Rakhine...
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...