Monday, March 17, 2025

Sea Spark 2015 and the simmering Indo-Pacific cauldron

“I am ashamed of what is going on in India today”. This is how the celebrated Indian Booker prize winning author Arundhati Roy described the...

Blessings of Constitution of Uzbekistan

The Republic of Uzbekistan celebrates its “Constitution Day” on December 8 every year. It was adopted on December 8, 1992, by the 11th Session...

Setting the Sea Afire

The Pakistan Navy’s war exercise code named Seaspark was conducted in the waters of the Arabian Sea. It happened to be the latest in...

Gwadar Port

Pakistan had identified Gwadar as a port site as far back as 1954 when Gwadar was still under Omani rule. After 200 years of...

Countering Daesh like Al-Qaeda?

President Barack Obama vowed on November 22 that the United States and its allies would not relent in fight to combat Daesh extremists and...

A View from the Churchill Picket

ContextAs we approach the end of the year, the pace of unprecedented global change is in no way easing. While the Iran nuclear deal...

The Last Warlord (Book Review)

The Last Warlord by Brian Glyn Williams is the life story of Abdul Rashid Dostum, a former Afghan warlord and current First Vice President...

Special Emphasis on Terrorism (Dec – 2015)

Terrorist Activities in Pakistan Bomb/IED blastsAt least eight people, including two tribal elders and six of their gunmen, were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device...

From The Editorial Desk (Dec-2015)

Even as Afghanistan struggles to cope with the trauma of civil strife and a chaotic socio- politico and economic situation, its problems are becoming...

The Heart of Asia

The Fifth “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process” Summit jointly inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Dec 9 in Islamabad...