Pakistan is located in the area where major geo strategic transformation is taking place rapidly due to many factors involving US presence in Afghanistan and its future plans, US India partnership in Indian Ocean region (IOR), new emerging SCO bloc, Chinese led OBOR project in which CPEC is the critical part and rapidly magnifying independence…
International agreements play an instrumental role in resolving the decades-long inimical issues amongst the states which otherwise would have never been resolved besides bloating the bad blood between them. These accords, either bilateral or multilateral, have drastically scaled down the prospects of World War III involving major powers. The US being the sole super power,…
Abstract In June 2018 Pakistan as well as India will participate for the first time in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in China to be held at Qingdao city on June 9-10 as a full scale member of this powerful organization. Obviously this provides a brilliant opportunity to show willingness and readiness to contribute…
Prime Minister Khaqan Abbasi’s ‘private’ visit to the United States and “official visit” to Afghanistan have, apparently, resulted in some forward movement towards achieving peace in Afghanistan. Pakistan and the US have agreed to increase contacts for the resolution of all issues especially Afghanistan. Reportedly, the US authorities have assured Pakistan that the Trump administration…
Introduction Over 1.6 billion Muslims, rich in history, culture and resources are in a state of decline over the last few centuries. One of the factors is the disunity among the Muslims due to sectarian differences, tackling of this menace requires extraordinary efforts. Sectarianism is a form of bigotry, discrimination, or hatred arising from attaching…
The rise of Bajwa’s doctrine has become a hot topic in national, regional as well as international media. Regional security experts and international power brokers are interested to know the salient features of Bajwa’s doctrine. Most of them are seriously considered it as one of the key factors of achieving the desired goals of peace…
Tajikistan the “Water Gates” of Central Asia has a strong macro-economy which has already outperformed its regional countries despite regional weak economic prospects and global financial uncertainties in the recent times. Sustained Socio-Economic Development Despite many external challenges it achieved sustainable economic growth. During the last five years, it was driven mainly by foreign financed…
The geographic and economic importance of Iran is a key factor that must be considered thoroughly in our defence doctrine. Iran is the southwestern neighbor of Pakistan and an Islamic country that has deep cultural, historic and religious roots with Pakistan. This is a large country, about 1.5 times the size of Pakistan with a…
After being continually accused of lacking a sound mind and temperament for handing the nuclear weapons in critical situations months prior to the US presidential elections of November 2016, the Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump stated “I will be the last person on the globe when it comes to using nukes.” The Trump administration’s Nuclear…
Abstract Nations strive hard to protect their interests which sometime lead them into competition of imposing wills on each other. The 21st century power competition is no different and nations equipped with strong elements of power are striving to adopt all available means to compete with their challengers and competitors. This involves strategies that coin…
