20 January 2018 marks the 28th anniversary of the military invasion and brutal killing of civilians in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan by the forces of the former Soviet Army on 20 January 1990. Black January stands for martyrdom and human courage, resistance and denial of aggression which led to restoration of independence of Azerbaijan…
The emergence of non-traditional security threats in the international system has raised serious issues of religious extremism and sectarian violence across the globe. In order to stay away from the contemporary wave of religious extremism, the Muslim states around the world, including Pakistan, are designing every possible measure to manage their internal affairs. Moreover, in…
Introduction When freedom is not respected, it results in conflict, war, human rights violation and peace is compromised. In this era of freedom and liberty, every member of humanity enjoys freedom of faith and freedom of religion, as long as the religious beliefs of one community do not threaten the freedom and peace of others….
Dear Readers, When the panama papers Disclosures reverberated worldwide in April 2016 the global media has field Day. It was no different in Pakistan as the massive leaks revealed three of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s children owned offshore Companies and assets that were not shown on his family’s wealth statement. The electronic media went berserk…
Context For many Presidents Trumps’ decision to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem came as a surprise. However, the changes in the political, economic and security landscape of the Middle East have been pointing in this direction for a number of years now. PoliTact had noted this trajectory in July 2015 as…
India’s quest for enhancing its role in regional politics of South Asia by fighting with territorially adjoining nations has showed some terrible faces of New Delhi. Because the geostrategic thrust of Hindu leadership tried to establish bilaterally cordial and strategically robust relations with states beyond South Asia, it forces New Delhi to pursue an anti-neighborhood…
Named for the Alpine resort town in which the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting is held, the prevailing misconception is that the Davos is only a rich man’s club that caters to the world’s wealthy and impacts only the rich countries. WEF was founded on the premise that business cannot operate in a vacuum…
Oceans are of crucial value for humanity as they are considered a common heritage and have always shaped civilizations and empires. Waters have provided opportunities to explorers, invaders and traders. After the World Wars international economic dependence increased; mostly through seas. Lately, by employing nuclear missile firing capable submarine and placing aircraft carrier groups at…
In my last article on the subject, I had elaborated some measures to be taken to manage Afghanistan in a more strategic and collaborative way. The said measures were, inter-parliamentary delegations exchange, engagement with Central Asian States for influencing Kabul regime, infrastructure development support, managing land locked status for transit trade, encouraging and leveraging the…
Not how well you see in a clear weather but how well you see in a foggy weather determines how better you are than others”. Mehmet Murat Ildan The failed coup of 15 July, 2016 was a watershed event of modern Turkish history. It was the final and unsuccessful attempt of a faction of the…
