Sunday, March 9, 2025

Family Business in Asia

Family firms are the most typical business organizational form, in most Asian countries (excluding modern China) they are often the oldest as well. Representing...

India’s Naval Diplomacy: Contours and Constraints

The Indian quest for maintaining its regional hegemonic status in the nuclearized subcontinent led New Delhi to acquire advanced weapon systems against its territorially...

Afghanistan and the Campaign Against Extremism

Context As great power competition has gradually picked pace, it was assumed that the Campaign Against Extremism has subsided. In fact, US has admitted that...

Taliban 2.0 rule is a litmus of realpolitik

The Taliban 2.0 regime has stayed put in power for more than a year. As they marked their one-year rule on August 15, 2022,...

Jewish Soldiers of the Raj

In the eighteenth century, Jews were a tiny minority in India when the Honorable East India Company (HEIC) was expanding its land acquisition in...

Reception in the Marriott Karachi August 21, 2022

Dr. Huma Baqai, Rector MITE & Moderator: Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim. Good afternoon, Assalam-o-Alaikum and it is absolutely heartening to see a houseful on a Sunday afternoon,...

5th Generation Proxies & Social Media

I don’t normally elaborate on topics related to politics and refrain from typical political biases because my main interest revolves around strategic subjects about...

Thirty Years of Pakistan-Azerbaijan Cooperative Relations

The completion of thirty years of diplomatic and cooperative ties between Baku and Islamabad has marked a new chapter in the Pakistan-Azerbaijan bilateral foreign...

Financial Inclusion for the Common Man

High-tech innovations and digitalization are changing the functioning and structure of our societies and our lives. It is what knowledge economy hinges on. Knowledge...

Islam Basics – Hadith of Jibriel 

Introduction In this fast world people generally feel they are running short of time. People hardly find time to read lengthy religious books or listen...