111 510 510 libonline@riphah.edu.pk Contact

India’s diplomatic success

“The Quartet will be a model for those who desire peace and prosperity and will provide evidence of the great opportunities lost through conflicts and squandered by blind extremism at…

Diplomatic footprints

Barack Obama's eight years in the White House (2009-2016) were marked by more downs than ups in Pak-US relations. The year 2011, in particular, saw the lowest point in a…

Which way are the winds blowing?

While Pakistan’s new ambassador to the US, Masood Khan, is expected to arrive in Washington and take charge of his post, President Biden’s nominee as ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Armin…

A diplomatic journey

DIPLOMATIC FOOTPRINTS narrates the life and career of one of Pakistan’s distinguished foreign secretaries I had the privilege of working with as ambassador and knowing much longer as newspaper editor…

Signs of thawing in Pak-BD ties

For over four decades, the bilateral relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh have been cold. Although the entrepreneurs from Pakistan had been investing in the textile manufacturing industry of Bangladesh, being…

Ironies of a no-win war

SEVERAL books have been written on Pakistan-US relations. But few have explored the connection between domestic political developments and American foreign policy and the way Pakistan’s internal politics was at…

Diplomatic blundering

A SERIES of gaffes by our foreign minister has caused utter embarrassment. His penchant for media attention has landed the country in a diplomatic predicament often enough. His mixing of…

Window of opportunity

The Commonwealth is an apolitical association of 54 member states which was founded under the Balfour Declaration in 1926 and formally constituted by the London Declaration in 1949 with its…