Monday, April 28, 2025

The Balochistan Disconnect

On the evening of Oct 22, 2017 as I was entering Quetta Club with a CPNE delegation for a dinner hosted by the Speaker...

The Balochistan Quagmire

Sardar Akhtar Mengal believes his six point formula submitted before the Supreme Court (SC) will bring about resolution of major issues in the province....

Pakistan-Uzbekistan-Afghanistan

The patterns of global power politics have started witnessing the growing cooperative ties between states at the trilateral and quadrilateral levels. This change has...

The Brics Summit

The forthcoming BRICS Summit set to take place between August 22nd and 24th in Johannesburg, South Africa, has plunged into a whirlpool of international...

Quran Burning – Will Protests Work?

Introduction Recently, a Quran burning incident took place outside Stockholm’s main mosque, this was condemned by Sweden’s government as an “Islamophobic” act. Islamophobia refers to...

DPS: Sand dunes are shifting in the Middle East

As far as détentes go, this one must be up there with the all-time greats. Saudi Arabia and Iran have been at loggerheads as...

Kashmir Treacherous Conflict

Pakistan and its embroilment in a planned conflict on Kashmir from its infancy is a sordid chapter of our history. This drama was enacted...

Special Emphasis on Terrorism (July – 2023)

Suicide BombingAt least 22 Security Forces (SFs) personnel were injured when a suicide bomber on a motorbike targeted a convoy in the Chehkan area...

Nuclear Weapons Law: Where are we now?

In the ongoing academic debates on nuclear weapons and their impacts on the global world politics, different writers have established their viewpoints on the...

Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East

“Grand Delusion” by Steven Simon provides a timely analysis of the dynamics that shaped American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era in the...