Our geo-economic dream
Geo-economics is the new buzzword these days, thrown around rather loosely without quantifying its benefits, especially in a country like Pakistan which relies on a heavy diet of geopolitics and…
Ukraine crisis
The current confrontation between Russia and the US-led West regarding Ukraine is a development of seismic proportions with far-reaching consequences for the future of global politics. Shorn of diplomatic niceties,…
Apartheid report
In late January 2022 the human rights organization Amnesty International released a 278-page evidence-based report entitled Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity. The report…
Shifting order
For the last two decades, the global order has been witnessing a transition. The actors responsible for shaping the new order barely have any areas of common interest and have…
Debt Relief
While the world economy was already experiencing a synchronized downturn to the weakest in a decade — owing to the US-China Trade War, Brexit uncertainty over Europe and beyond, Technology…
The reality gap
PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan was right to assert at the launch of the National Security Policy (NSP) that for long it was military security that determined the country’s strategy. Offering a comprehensive…
A bridge from a bygone era
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan would like to play the role of a bridge between the US and China by helping them to narrow their differences. Unfortunately,…
New bid but little hope to reform UN Security Council
A flurry of world leaders have appealed again to the United Nations to reform the Security Council, reviving a bid launched 15 years ago. But chances of transforming the world’s…
Economic potential of free zones
Pakistan missed what today from a distance of about 40 years appears to be a dream-boat of a lifetime when Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the then finance minister of the military…
If Biden wins, will US see a return to normal in abnormal world?
Joe Biden vows to revive the moral leadership of the United States in the world if he is elected president, but after nearly four years of Donald Trump smashing through…
