Global Policy & Analysis Think Tank
Just as the PKK and its sister organisation PJAK are a mutual threat to both Turkey and Iran’s western frontier, so too are terror groups active on the Iran-Pakistan border a mutual threat to both countries that are best neutralised through joint efforts. This was proved beyond a shadow of […]
China has CGTN/CCTV, Russia has RT, Turkey has TRT World, Singapore has Channel News Asia, Qatar has Al-Jazeera, Iran has Press-TV, Britain has the BBC, France has France-24 and Pakistan has the entire world believing that India’s increasingly extremist breed of politicians are paragons of virtue while everything Pakistan says […]
The Indo-American Strategic Partnership has rapidly progressed to such a point that the South Asian state is now copying some of the same conspiracy theories as its new patron, though instead of India being obsessed with suspected Russian interference in its elections like America was, its people can’t stop talking […]
Today, a fire broke out in the building housing Imran Khan’s offices. Reports indicate that Imran Khan was conducting a meeting on the fifth floor when the fire broke out on the sixth. Allegedly, the fire was the result of faulty wiring and was quickly put out. However, the fact […]
Indian officials insist that they downed a Pakistani F-16 on 27 February, the same day during which Pakistan successfully downed an Indian MIG-21 before rescuing and tending to the pilot who has now been released back to India. It has now been over a month since India first made its […]
The response by most states toward weaker ones openly meddling in their internal affairs with negative intent and partaking in attempts to destabilize them via sponsorship of extremist and subnationalist armed groups would be likely be harsh on the diplomatic and quite possibly also military front. The Kabul regime lacks […]
Last year was a nadir in Pakistan-US relations after Donald Trump brazenly accused Islamabad of creating a “safe haven” for radials. That being said, as Trump has a penchant for cutting “aid” and military subsidies to foreign partners, this defamatory statement might well have been little more than an excuse […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called on Imran Khan in Islamabad as the former will be Pakistan’s guest of honour during Pakistan Day Celebrations on the 23rd of March. Last year, Imran Khan held a successful bilateral summit with Mahathir in Kuala Lumpur during which both sides expressed a […]
If you do not ask, you do not get a seat at the table. As with any abusive relationship, Pakistan needs to be firm in where its stance will be and be the one setting the direction for the future. With Pakistan’s leadership being virtually conferred with a Nobel Peace […]
For decades, Pakistan has been cursed with political leaders who seemed incapable of grasping the importance of soft power as a tool for accomplishing important strategic goals without incurring any material expense. Last month however, the penny dropped and now the PTI government appears to be gradually mastering the art […]
