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…
India, as a state, presents a stimulating case of proliferating extremism. Over the centuries ‘Greater India’ has been shrinking in size as more and more ethno-sectarian minorities chose to create separate political entities in order to escape the strait jackets imposed by Hindu extremism. The post-independence era touted as India’s democratic order could not grow…
Introduction This is third and last in the series understand of articles to understand ‘The Christian Zionism’, the real threat to world peace. It’s not an overstatement to call Zionism, the mother of all conflicts. US president Donald Trump has taken the controversial decision to shift the US embassy to Jerusalem, this unjust decision is…
The Republic of Uzbekistan recently arranged an international conference titled “Afghanistan: Peace Process, Security Cooperation and Regional Connectivity” in which more than 23 countries and organizations declared their support for direct talks between the Kabul government and the Taliban to end the 16-year conflict in Afghanistan. A joint declaration was issued at the end of…
India-Israel strategic relations and their expanding areas of mutual cooperation in diverse fields have become an undeniable reality of contemporary world politics. The governments of these two states are determined in enhancing bilateral collaborating venues which will not only be helpful in securing of their strategic regional dominating ambitions but it will further help them…
Abstract The International Code of Conduct for Information Security (ICCIS) is an international effort to develop norms of behaviour in the digital space, submitted to the UN General Assembly in 2011 and in revised form in 2015 by member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). According to its sponsors, the Code is intended to…
When the Indian media and parliament were belittling Pakistan over Jadhav’s meeting with his mother and wife, they should have also taken stock as to how India treats its own prisoners. Indian MPs need to go through the memoirs of journalist Iftikhar Gilani who was arrested for several months on false charges of spying. Gilani…
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….
