Washington’s nuclear hypocrisy
“The world organisation debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.” - E B White Why is the…
Xi’s visit
Finally, after a wait for a year, Chinese President Xi selected Pakistan to be the first country to be visited in the year 2015 and made a remarkable visit together…
Boundaries and identities in High Asia
High Asia comprises the regions of the Karakoram, Hindu Kush, Pamirs, the Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau. Nestled among the greatest massifs in the world, this region is home to…
After a year at war, Ukraine at financial breaking point
Bruised and battered after a year of armed conflict, Ukraine has been crippled by a combination of monetary, budgetary, industrial, banking and energy crises that could make it dependent on…
Playing it cool with Delhi
The joint statement issued after the Ufa meeting between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan can be read, if you wear those kind of spectacles, as a bit one-sided…
The myth of strategic stability
The history of the 20th century was shaped by two major changes in the global international system. First, the multipolar European order, established in the early 19th century, collapsed with…
Happily ever after?
Even after the deal worth $45.6 billion between Pakistan and China, there are some sceptics who believe that relations between Pakistan and China will not remain as cordial as they…
Yemen through a legal lens
Yemen is in the midst of an internal armed conflict. The Houthi rebels forced the Saudi-backed president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to flee the capital to Aden in the south.From Aden,…
The looming IS threat
As the Afghan Taliban sat face to face with the officials of the Kabul government in Murree last week, its fighters were locked in a bloody turf war with the…
Two old men
What are the chances a couple of grey-haired men could spearhead political change on both sides of the Atlantic? It would be unwisely optimistic to exaggerate the prospects in either…
