One step forward,two steps back
As we stand at the threshold of 2025, Pakistan faces a moment of reckoning – a year shaped by the successes and struggles of the past. The contradictions of 2024…
Remembering Fasih Bokhari
If they still made men like that, one would certainly want to see more like the later Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari. The former naval chief lost his battle against cancer…
Chinese lessons
After a ‘successful’ visit of Saudi Arabia, PM Khan lands in China. The success of the Saudi visit could be assessed in dollar terms, which the Saudis deposited in the…
Bridging the chasm
A recent resolution urging South Asian giants India and Pakistan “to take all steps possible towards improving relations” aims to counter the prevailing atmosphere of hostility between the two nuclear-armed…
Understanding India
Bharat Ganarajya, or the Republic of India, has land boundaries with six countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal and Pakistan. Here’s an account of India’s relations with its neighbours. Bangladesh-India…
The Hague decision
As expected, the much awaited verdict of the Permanent Arbitration Court at The Hague announced on July 12 regarding a maritime dispute between China and the Philippines has concluded that…
Without a paddle
On Feb 16, Pakistan released 172 Indian fishermen who had been serving prison terms at the Malir district jail for straying into Pakistan’s territorial waters. It may not be widely…
Kashmir: the obvious solution
In June I attended a reunion of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), in which I had served as deputy head from 1980-82. It was…
Shifting sands
There is no globally agreed definition of the term ‘smaller states’ in international affairs. While it generally refers to those states that have a small geographical size and economy and…
China or the US?
WHILE day-to-day decisions made regarding Pakistan’s foreign policy relations invariably lie in the government domain, strategically important and long-term choices, such as whether Pakistan should move closer to the US…
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