Turkey Military operation olive branch

Turkey is trying its best to clean up the mess created by some regional countries as well as international power brokers in Syria especially in northwestern Syria’s Afrin. Although it still believes in zero interference interfering the domestic affairs of others countries, but in order to avoid severe repercussions of “Syrian Conflict” it started a…

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Destruction besides Deterrence

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…

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Stigma of terror Financing

After the faux pas at ufa in July 2015, when Pakistan abdicated the right to talk to India only when Kashmir is part of such agenda, the loss of face at the financial action Task force’s (FATF) recent Paris conference pointed towards the persistent attitude of complacency by Pakistan’s foreign office. china pulled back its…

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What’s wrong with Pakistan

The debates of nuclear non-proliferation and war on terror have placed Pakistan under critical circles of international community. Instead of investing its full potential in aligning with international non-proliferation regime and carrying the anti-terror campaign of United States, Islamabad is facing difficulties in improving its position in contemporary world politics. The great problems from eastern…

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Global Antimissile shield and its Implications on global Stability

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…

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Rising Extremism in India

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…

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From the Editorial Desk (April 2018)

Dear Readers, Once known as the ‘City of Lights” mainly for its nightlife, peace and harmony reigned in Karachi, however this slowly gave way to chaos and lawlessness. Held hostage by criminals and militants affiliated with political parties who maintained vice-like grip over Karachi with political violence, land grabbing, armed robberies, narcotics and smuggling, snatching…

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Tashkent Declaration 2018

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…

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