Pakistan has lacked a pragmatic and well-articulated foreign policy since 2008. What is more worrying is that the PML-N- led incumbent democratic dispensation has displayed an outright reluctance to appoint a competent and astute foreign minister for almost four years. Because of Pakistan’s entrenched foreign policy crisis the world is rather unwilling to appreciate the…
Because of superpower rivalry and evolving geopolitical circumstances a group of countries of this region are coming together in a natural economic alliance. The regional economic integration of trade, including both goods and services, and investments can potentially unleash dynamic paths of growth and development. Established in 1985 as a substitute for the US/UK-inspired Regional…
Thanks to the untiring efforts of former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury and a former Finance Minister of Pakistan Shahid Javed Burki, Research Professors at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS), NUS and ISAS hosted a Workshop on Sept 11 on “Pakistan at 70: Politics,…
The questions of peace and its association to the subcontinent have always remained the gravitation points of international debate on South Asia in light of the protracted Indo-Pak conflict. An extensive two-sided hostility introduced the nuclear arms race in the region in which India’s detonation of nuclear devices forced Pakistan to announce its nuclear weapon…
The Birth place of the Red Cross, the League of Nations, home to the United Nations and instrumental in conclusion of numerous anti-war laws, accords, treaties etc. Switzerland is a neutral country, its neutrality was established under the Treaty of Paris in 1815. It is the oldest neutral country in the world and it has…
Q. Pakistan and Portugal enjoy cordial relations and Pakistan wants to further strengthening of bilateral relations. What is the way forward? Ans. The only way forward is to keep on creating and indenting opportunities for cooperation at all levels: political, economic, cultural, social and academic. We should make each of our countries more aware of…
ContextAnalysts and scholars from a variety of origins and backgrounds have described the present state of global affairs as going through a transition. The bilateral and multilateral ties during this interlude have remained anchored around the principles of globalization and laissez faire economic policies, which necessitate more economic cooperation. However, the election of Donald Trump…
“A tree won’t fall with a single blow”. Turkish proverb A failed coup attempt by some members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) in July 2016 made international headlines for a few days. The news quickly faded away and a firm clamp down and a purge inside Turkey prevented any detailed information about the dramatic changes…
My personal belief is firm in this saying that “Offense is the best defense” and this has been very truly applied and exercised during the 1980 era Afghan war. There have been thousands of articles, books and analysis published to cover that war and everyone has probably his own reason to take the credit but…
Though it’s a lost cause, India is struggling to cook up a story before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hoping that the ICJ will ask Pakistan to release Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, a 48-year old on-duty Indian navy officer of the rank of Commander working for Indian spy agency RAW. Jadhav alias Hussein Mubarak…
