IntroductionThe US still wields considerable economic power and possesses unmatchable military potency at the international level. The entire world closely watched the debates between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican hopeful Donald Trump for the most powerful position in the world, the US President. The hawkish and incendiary language of firebrand Trump against China, Russia…
Donald Trump’s victory has caught the World by its throat, and in all likelihood, we are in for interesting times. The first post-election Trump-Obama summit showed a grim looking Obama trying to put up a brave face. Every analyst is busy in separating Donald J Trump’s electoral rhetoric into pursuable and abandon-able categories. However, his…
“We have appointed a law and a practice for every one of you. Had God willed, He would have made you a single community, but He wanted to test you regarding what has come to you. So compete with each other in doing good. Every one of you will return to God and He will…
A fascinating country, the Republic of Azerbaijan has achieved tremendous socio-economic prosperity, geo-political stability and geo-strategic importance after independence in 1991 under the leadership of National Leader H.E. Heydar Aliyev and President H.E. Ilham Aliyev. The main achievement of Azerbaijan since its independence has been the strengthening of statehood and turning the country into a…
“In the eyes of history, religious toleration is the highest evidence of culture in a people. It was not until the Western nations broke away from their religious law that they became more tolerant, and it was only when the Muslims fell away from their religious law that they declined in tolerance and other evidences…
Azerbaijan and Pakistan completed 25 years of bilateral relationship and cooperation that extends to every sphere ranging from political, economic, technological, security to cultural arenas. The relation is based on a concept of “shared prosperity” and on rigorous commercial diplomacy and is consolidated on greater socio-economic connectivity, better political understanding and geo-strategic cooperation and increasing…
The Republic of Turkmenistan is a “connecting hub”. Now it has also become an enterprising country where sky is the limit for high levels of socio-economic prosperity and qualitative of life. It connects Commonwealth Independent States of Central (CIS) to Caucasus and Europe and is a role model of regional connectivity. It is the leader of “energy diplomacy” in…
The new phase of Russo–Pakistani bilateral ties based on joint military exercises has added a new chapter in the history of evolving South Asian regional politics and launched an international debate. The first joint strategic venture as a result of bilateral agreements signed in December, 2014 adds two hundred military personnel to strengthen the cooperative…
The recent launch of an indigenously-constructed Fleet Tanker at the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Ltd marked a significant milestone in the history of Pak-Turkey defence collaboration. These two countries have always enjoyed the most fraternal of ties and under its overarching warmth, cooperation at the military and more particularly the naval level has continued…
IntroductionAccording to the basic premise of neo-realism, a country employs all means fair or foul to maximise its burgeoning national interests and national security. In the very same way, the incumbent Indian government is bent on surreptitiously orchestrating attacks on the country’s well-guarded army and air bases so as to blame Pakistan for these disruptive…
