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Moving Past The Crisis Metric

Moving past the crisis metric

The question has become rhetorical: given Pakistan's abundant manpower and natural resources, bilateral donors and the IMF over the years, why has the country not been able to build a…

Cuba Opens The Port Of Mariel To The World

Cuba opens the port of Mariel to the world

More than 30 years after 125,000 Cubans left their country for the United States in the so-called Mariel Boatlift, the communist island's authorities are hoping to attract foreign investment precisely…

Issues Of Obedience In International Law

Issues of obedience in international law

The analytical jurists like Austin had questioned the validity of the international law on the ground that the system lacked sovereign's command and as such its norms were not enforceable,…

A New Blueprint

A new blueprint

It`s going to be a hectic and intense few weeks of European Union-Asia interaction. Top EU officials will hold a record-breaking number of meetings in November with leading policymakers in…

False Prestige

False prestige

So addicted is the Indian power elite to being treated as the representative of an unstoppable rising great power that it finds the recent decline in India’s global stature and…

Washington’s Nuclear Agenda

Washington’s nuclear agenda

The Pakistan-US joint statement on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Washington last month contains a section on ‘Non-proliferation, Nuclear Security and Strategic Stability’. As noted by Michael Krepon of…

Asian Tigers And Paper Tigers

Asian tigers and paper tigers

An important new book explains why some countries have become economic tigers in East Asia while others are relative failures or paper tigers. ‘How Asia Works’ by Joe Studwell is…