Nato forces withdrawal
Is the fragile security of Afghanistan securing by the ill-equipped and untrained Afghan national security forces? Reinvigorating internal security of war-ravaged Afghanistan is top agenda of the US-led alliance countries.…
Nato summit
PAKISTAN’S Foreign Office last week offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine in an effort to end the war. The offer has some credibility on the back of the Ukrainian foreign minister’s…
75 years of Nato
AT the Nato Summit in Washington this month, marking 75 years of the alliance’s existence, the Russia-Ukraine war dominated discussions. The summit declaration condemned Russia for its “brutal war of…
Elephant in room at NATO: would Trump blow it up?
Western leaders are celebrating 75 years of NATO with an elephant in the room — will Donald Trump, who could again be the US president within months, blow the alliance…
Finland joins Nato
Finland recently joining Nato may have created a ripple of excitement among warmongers sitting in the power corridors of London, Paris and Washington but it also seems to have pushed…
An anatomy of paralysis
Pakistan’s politics has assumed the form of a circular movement which keeps coming back to the starting point after exhausting all possible forms of abuse and invective. There is nothing…
Anatomy of hate
Unlike other countries, where democracy is functional and state institutions are run by visionary leaders, politics in Pakistan thrives on hate and negativity. Political leaders in Pakistan, with little exceptions,…
A shift in Nato
For the obvious reason of a smoldering war on the eastern fringe of Europe, the just-concluded Nato summit in Madrid, which took place within a few days after the EU…
Nato’s stance
The forthcoming Madrid summit of Nato at the end of this week has attracted unusual attention in the context of a smoldering war in the eastern fringe of Europe. The…
Best supporting actor? NATO in secondary role if Russia invades Ukraine
NATO would be likely to reinforce its troop presence in the Black Sea and the Baltics while fending off cyberattacks if Russia were to invade Ukraine, diplomats and former officials…
