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Pakistan’s nuclear policy is a product of both mistrust toward the U.S. and threat perceptions vis-a-vis India.
Security threats from India and Pakistan-U.S. mistrust on nuclear non-proliferation are both important drivers of Pakistan’s nuclear policy and factors contributing to Pakistan’s dependence on nuclear…
All indicators point that ongoing tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have peaked off. Both are poised to continue struggling with the debris of over-reaction, however. In the first place Iran over-reacted to execution of a Saudi national by the Saudi government;…
Last week threw up a few fictional and factual settings impacting Pakistan in one way or the other. It will be interesting to review some of these.
First the fiction. Indian media has come up with an interesting report. Sounding like an act…
President Obama called Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on telephone on November 21. Pakistan-US bilateral relations and the evolving situation in the region were discussed. Prime Minister expressed satisfaction at the direction of Pakistan-US relations which were on an upward trajectory; Obama also…
Introduction
Guest Lecture on “Management of Relations by China with India and Japan: Policy Lessons for Pakistan” by Mr. Fazal-ur-Rahman, Executive Director ‘Pakistan Council on China’, organized by Islamabad Policy Research Institute, on September 10, 2014 at IPRI Conference Hall.
Salient Points
Salient aspects of…