Standoff at strategic Ukraine river eyed by Russian troops
On the municipal beach at Nikopol in southern Ukraine, barbed wire, sand bags and other defences have replaced children playing on the sand. Bang opposite, the Russians control the other…
Need for strategic planning
There have been many strategic planning initiatives in the public services since the introduction of New Public Management (NPM) over the past several decades. New Public Management, which is used…
Strategic pullback
Budget season’ is a good time for a critical reflection on Pakistan’s current economic challenges and future prospects. Our fiscal budget is constrained by broader political and economic forces, both…
Strategic coercion through hybrid warfare
Hybrid attacks against Pakistan across a broad front are focused mainly on Balochistan, the former Fata region, Swat and Gilgit-Baltistan. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) gets very special attention. In…
HEC to send 10,000 scholars to US for PhD studies
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will send 10,000 scholars to the United States for PhD Studies from next year in critical areas of Agriculture and Food Security, Medical and Allied…
King Salman keeps close hand on oil in remodelling strategic team
Saudi Arabia's subtle change of energy policymaker line-up since the accession of new King Salman in late January appears to give the monarch's inner circle a firmer hand on the…
Era of strategic adjustment
At a time of shifting global power dynamics, a conference organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) offered an instructive tour d’ horizon of the world’s strategic…
Iran withheld launchers for missiles sent to Russia, sources say
Iran did not include mobile launchers with the close-range ballistic missiles that Washington last week accused Tehran of delivering to Russia for use against Ukraine, according to three sources with…
Climate summit
OVER 140,000 people displaced by flooding in Sindh this August are living in unbearable conditions. They sleep in tents, scrape by on one meal a day, and die from waterborne…
Stabilizing the economy
[This is based on a talk by Mueen Afzal, former secretary of general finance, a prominent philanthropist and chairman of several national institutions, at the Institute of Strategic Studies in…
