IntroductionPakistan and the U.S. have had a complicated relationship since 1947. Factors like regional dynamics, security concerns, and geopolitical considerations have affected their economic ties. The U.S. has given significant aid to Pakistan, but support has fluctuated due to changes in Pakistan’s policies. Although there has been bilateral trade between the U.S. and Pakistan, it…
Pakistan and the United States have a long history of bilateral relations both in diplomatic and economic sectors but with a focus on strategic and political partnerships. Since the end of World War II, the two countries have been important strategic partners in the region and have cooperated in many areas, including military and counterterrorism…
The bilateral engagement between the United States and Pakistan is as old as the state of Pakistan itself. The 75 year old relationship between the two countries is yet once again at a critical junction. Since 1947, the construct of convergence between Pakistan and the US has been ambiguous. The engagement from both sides is…
he United States of America emerged as a country of choice for Pakistan to develop friendly relations soon after the independence of the country in 1947. The world was still reeling after the effects of the Second World War, while Europe was devastated, the US’s power potential was intact and in fact had grown to…
“To fight a protracted war”. This is the literal translation of a four-character Chinese Chengyu idiom. It is thought to have been conceived by Sun Tzu, the great Chinese military strategist. In his era-defining book “The Art of War”, Sun Tzu says that “the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”….
With Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Opposition Leader Raja Riaz reaching a consensus” after some “deliberations”, founder member of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Senator Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, was named the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan. Hailing from the Kakar tribe of Pashtun ethnicity in Balochistan, the former Senator (he immediately resigned from BAP…
The Account of 1965 War As Fought and seen from the Airborne Eyes key to our success. It envisaged cutting off the tenuous line of communications of the Indian defenses along the Ceasefire Line at Akhnur. Once this was done, however, how could the expected outcome have been expected to be anything other than all-out…
Zhao Lijian, the then Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of China in Islamabad, who is currently a spokesperson of Foreign Ministry of China, to a question from one of my colleague, Raza Khan who is Chief Correspondent for PTV World, as to why we (Pakistan) cannot see China-speed on CPEC projects?, humbly replied, “How can…
Suicide BombingThree Security Force (SF) personnel and a child were killed and 10 others sustained injured in a vehicle-borne suicide attack in the Miranshah area of North Waziristan District on July 5, reports Dawn. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the suicide bomber intended to target the security forces’ post, but the assailant was…
‘Strategic assets’ is a relatively new concept that arose in connection with the fast-forward development of economic globalization in the 20thc. and a new wave of economic cold war that has been leashed by the change in economic power centers more recently and the reorganization of economic, political and strategic alliances connected with it. By…
