Modi’s Strategic Embrace of Netanyahu Doesn’t Augur Well for the Muslim Middle East
In a much hyped visit, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu landed in India for a 5 day official visit in January 14, 2018 with a...
India-US bonhomie: Time for a reality check
The ongoing India-US rapprochement has been couched in terms of a pact between the “two largest democracies in the world” and similar superlatives. While...
Chinese engineer’s disappearance takes on geopolitical significance
Thirty-six-year-old Chinese engineer Pingzhi Liu went missing almost a month ago. It took Pakistani authorities three weeks to classify Mr. Liu’s disappearance as a...
India-Pakistan ties: Are there any realistic possibilities of reviving engagement?
Two interesting developments have taken place in recent weeks. Firstly, a report submitted by standing committee on External Affairs recommended the resumption of engagement...
Trump’s Dilemma: Pakistan’s Improved Narrative is Imperative
The uneasy Pak-US ties since Donald Trump’s new Afghan Policy (21st August, 2017) suffered a new year set back when on Monday Trump accused...
Titbits from NSG Special Group Meeting in 2017
Membership of India and Pakistan in the Nuclear Suppliers Group is in cold storage and pending as of now evidenced by the special group...
Afghanistan: Girls’ Enrollment in Schools Increases with New Facilities
KHOST CITY – It is early morning and girls in their black dresses and white scarves are lined up neatly in the school yard...
Pakistani politics risk aggravating problems and heightening regional tension
Self-serving Pakistani politics threaten to aggravate the country’s myriad problems that have strained its relations with the United States and could heighten tension in...
Stop treating the Pakistan army with kid gloves
In recent days, all eyes have been on President Trump’s tweet on January 1, 2018 which sent out an unequivocal message, that it can...
Pakistan, Afghanistan and China Trilateral Dialogue and implications for Pakistan’s Foreign Policy
The very first tweet of 2018 by the USA’s President Donald Trump was related to Pakistan in which he said that ‘The United States...