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Growing Alliance between Islamabad and Kremlin
New equations of the world order are being
drawn and global orientations have been changing. It is time for Pakistan to
step-up its diplomatic ties to...
Candidates for European Commission President: Who is who
The race for President of the European Commission has got under way.
According to the rules which are questioned by many in the European Union...
Defying authority: Arab, Russia and Pakistan protesters learn lessons of 2011
Demonstrators in Sudan, Algeria and
nations beyond the Middle East such as Pakistan and Russia are applying lessons
learnt from the 2011 popular Arab revolts as...
Security in the Korean Peninsula remains fragile
North
Korea’s nuclear program was initially conceived useful to provide necessary
wiggle room to Pyongyang to attain the objectives of normalizing relations with
the US ensuring its...
Reconstruction in Syria
From the
beginning, for Turkey the war in Syria has been a "domestic" problem-
albeit not entirely so.
For the West, it has been an opportunity to
hurt...
The Age of a New Cold War
It has been au courant since the Ukrainian
crisis in 2014 that a new Cold War started between the West and Russia.
Proponents of this view...
2019: Towards a new world (dis)order
The
Munich Security Conference is a leading annual forum on international security
and strategy. The theme of its recent installment, The Great Puzzle: Who Will Pick Up...
Iran vs. US: Bracing for war?
On May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from
the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran
nuclear deal,...
Chinese purchases of Iranian oil raise tantalizing questions
A fully loaded Chinese
oil tanker ploughing its way eastwards from two Iranian oil terminals raises questions of how far Beijing is willing to go...
Afreximbank Meets Ahead of Russia-Africa Summit
The African
Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to hold its 26th annual meeting in
Moscow on 18-22 June. A series of closed sessions will be held as...