Quaid’s vision of foreign policy
The Founder of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah had envisioned the newly independent Muslim state's foreign policy to be one of "peace with all, and enmity with none". Pakistan must…
Argo: an embrace of US foreign policy
A new political thriller, Argo, starring and directed by Ben Affleck, has earned critical praise and a number two spot on the box office charts for the second straight week.…
Foreign policy and US elections
Campaign season in the United States is in full swing, with the presidential election scheduled to take place within one month’s time. Early voting in some states has already started.…
Aggressive US foreign policy
Air travel isn’t much fun these days, what with searches, pat-downs, holdups, crowds and queues, so it’s good when sometimes you can have a laugh while travelling, which I did…
Whither foreign policy?
The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Karachi, has a remarkable history. Its founder-secretary, Khwaja Sarwar Hasan, brought the institution from Delhi to Karachi in 1947. Since then, it has had…
Foreign policy and war lovers
Madness in individuals is something rare,” philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche noted, “but in groups, peoples, parties, ages it is the rule.” Nietzsche, who himself went crazy from trying to look at…
Foreign policy enigmas
Last week, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s discomfiture in Brussels should have left every Pakistani feeling embarrassed. At a meeting of Friends of Democratic Pakistan, he was pointedly asked the…
Bhutto’s foreign policy legacy
THE 30th anniversary of the death of Pakistan’s arguably most popular prime minister fell yesterday. The judicial murder of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto deprived the nation of a nationalist and a…
Victims of foreign policy
When the interests of the ruling elite need protection through legal cover, parliament acts in an extra-efficient manner. However, when the interests of Pakistani women need protection, such as through…
Foreign policy foundations
The foundation of US foreign policy rests on its national interest. To make the Americans change their foreign policy, it is necessary to persuade them that this change is in…
