Facing significant economic challenges, influential sectors in Pakistan are now examining the potential benefits of re-establishing trade ties with India. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were downgraded following India’s…
Energy security serves as the cornerstone of socio-economic development for any nation. Unfortunately, Pakistan has been ensnared in a web of energy challenges for decades, struggling to find a sustainable…
Whether or not Tehran and Washington accept a European Union “final” offer to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, neither is likely to declare the pact dead because keeping it…
EARLIER this month, Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, met his Iranian counterpart, Dr Amir Abdollahian, to review their countries’ relationship. The past few years have seen serious gains across multiple facets of…
When the US Secretary of State flies into Southeast Asia this week with a new investment pitch for the region, the response could be: thanks a million, but please stop…
The advent of Donald Trump on the international scene has changed much in the way the world perceives the United States with one fundamental change in the definition of desirable…
The change of guard in Washington following the just concluded US elections offers an opportunity of a life-time to do away with the destructive global trade war being fought between…
A year after the US withdrew from a landmark nuclear accord, Iran's economy is suffering under renewed sanctions - but Tehran is sticking to the pact even while warning its…
Open government assessments of the state of India-Pakistan deterrence are rare. A recent US intelligence overview considered a ‘general war’ between the two countries ‘unlikely’ although ‘heightened tensions’ remain a…
Indian refiner Essar Oil is looking to raise over $1 billion from trading houses after its new Russian owners could not raise loans from major Western banks due to sanctions…
