The debate on the India-Pakistan strategic competition and its negative impact on regional security environment of South Asia has taken a new turn with the arrival of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India. Under his leadership New Delhi has reformed its foreign relations with different states. The impact of Modi’s ideas, first in…
Context What did Putin Invade Ukraine? Many interpretations have come to the fore on why Putin invaded Ukraine on February 22. One of the recurring ones is the ever-expanding NATO presence in Eastern Europe, which was now about to include Ukraine itself, right on the Russian border. Russia has often cited the unwritten understanding that…
Under the auspices of the Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR), a webinar was held on 24th February, 2022 on “Canada-Pakistan Relations” with Her Excellency Ms. Wendy Gilmour, High Commissioner of Canada to Pakistan. H.E. Wendy Gilmour: Thank you so very much for the invitation to be with you this morning. We are lucky in…
Former chairman Department of International Relations, Karachi University, Dr. Mujtaba Hussain Rizvi used to say, “Ummah, Ummah everywhere, not to be seen anywhere.” This was one of his famous dissertations as he used to narrate the degeneration of the Muslim world from the depth of his heart. A learned professor, as he was, he had…
Cdr. (R) Sadeed A. Malik We have gone into the dirt the way things are happening all over, we should get out of it and start reconstruction and I may clarify right here that we are a completely non-political entity. We had aimed that we will be inviting majority students and younger lot of Pakistanis…
The recent visit of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Islamabad in the first week of March 2022 has re-energized academic debate on Pakistan-Central Asian relations. The intellectual circles of the international community started paying attention to the developments of multidimensional cooperative ties between Pakistan and the group of five Central Asian Republics. Also the leaders…
Introduction In this series of important articles on “Theory of Revelations” we have reached at the end. The most important argument given in support of Hadith as revelations ( Non Recited Revelations (Secret/ Hidden), Wahi Khiffi (Ghair Matloo)) is that the Prophet (PBUH) mentioned that he has been given “Something like Quran”, so it’s has been deduced that this “Something…
1. General 1.1 Background The Russian invasion of Ukraine started on 24 Feb 2022 and has entered into its fourth week. During the USSR regime Ukraine possessed a huge nuclear arsenal but this capability was stripped off under a UN sponsored agreement at the behest of the USA, the European Union and NATO. Russia considers…
INTRODUCTION The Democratic Republic of Congo or simply DRC is a country in Central Africa. It is the 2nd largest country in Africa after Algeria by area, the 11th largest in the world and 4th most populated in Africa. It possesses many natural resources; it is the highest copper producer in Africa and the world’s…
The first part of my two-parter opinion on the recently released National Security Policy (NSP) focused on commending the good start, defining and then suggesting adding national identity and national purpose to the conceived national security framework, recommending clear and succinct articulation of vital national interests and touching upon instruments of statecraft needed and the…
