Islamabad nurses no regional designs. Its clout with China and Afghanistan should be taken as an asset in realpolitik. Mark Twain, the greatest American humorist, said, “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” Though he lived and died before World
The post-withdrawal era has posed opportunities and challenges at home and abroad alike. The revulsion-cum-revolution, though peaceful in essence, on Pakistan’s western frontiers and the Taliban set-up has pitched Pakistan in a leadership role in the region and beyond. For the first
Two decades of brinkmanship and a fallacious geopolitical strategy in Afghanistan have taught the United States one simple lesson; never police beyond its frontiers. But it would have been better if Washington had realised this bitter truth after its fiascos in Iraq,
The least that Ebrahim Raisi should do is to curtail the powers of the unelected strata, reform the financial sector, and open up the great Persian civilisation to the outside world Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi has a much tougher task than
By Prof. Dr. Tughral Yamin, Associate Dean, Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS), National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST). 19 July 2021 The US forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan at a very fast pace and the Taliban are making rapid territorial
A few questions first about the current Afghan situation, in order of their importance. Is Afghan peace hostage to big power rivalry? What policy should Pakistan adopt vis-a-vis various warring Afghan factions? Why have the Americans left without a viable power structure
Foreign remittances, a supra-yield in agriculture and industry are sine qua non for stability. Couple that with wealth generation by building vertical cites and the Islands in Sindh It sounds paranoid to expect miracles in this age of 5G. At a time
Federal govt names Shahzain Bugti, MNA, as special assistant on reconciliation and harmony in the province I avidly remember Nawab Akbar Bugti’s last interview that I conducted on his Vodafone for The Post, just days before he was killed in a cave where
Exigencies of electoral politics in both Israel and the Palestinian Authority continue to bleed Palestinians Would that happen if Bernie Sanders was the President of the United States today! Before we dwell into the aftermath of the 11-day devastating war between the
Afghanistan for long has been a geopolitical quagmire for Pakistan Afghanistan for long has been a geopolitical quagmire for Pakistan. It has tested our national resilience time and again. From the impugned Durand Line to the enigma of ‘strategic depth’, Pakistan has
