Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Making Sense of US Missile Attacks in Syria

The declining US influence in the Middle East has presumably prompted the Trump administration to militarily intervene in the festering Syrian civil war. After...

Managing Afghanistan

Pakistan and Afghanistan are close neighbors with predominant Muslim population along with joint historic cultural linkages; however, relations between these two predominant Islamic countries...

Special Emphasis on Terrorism (May-2017)

Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Suicide Bombings/AttacksAt least 24 persons were killed and another 100 injured in a suicide attack on an Imambargah (Shia place of...

Shooting for a Century

The conflict ridden South Asian security environment has always posed a difficult question for promoting international non-proliferation campaign and durable peace through diffusing inflexible...

Catch them if you can

The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) mandated by a 3-member Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) has commenced its investigations about the “Panama Papers”. History’s...

Pakistan Iran Relations and Saudi Arabia

Summary Pakistan-Iran relations have been complicated since Partition and even more so since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The two countries have worked together on trying...

The American MOAB vs. Russian FOAB

Abstract During the Cold War, the fundamental objective of the US foreign policy was based on the Truman Doctrine which was to contain communism. This...

India’s mixed vibes towards Pakistan and China

During recent days there have been mixed vibes from India with regard to its relations with China and Pakistan. Prime Minster Narendra Modi had...

Punish the Real Culprit(s)!

Facing the storm unleashed by the leaking of the Cyril Almeida story, “Act Against Militants or Face International Isolation, Civilians Tell Military,” the Nawaz...

Uzair “The Smoking Gun”?

Lyari mobster, crime boss and political worker Uzair Jan Baloch, the former chief of the militant group formed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP),...