India’s Afghan Isolation
Rupert Stone
India and Afghanistan have a close bond, exemplified by Rabindranath Tagore’s short story, Kabuliwala, about the friendship between a Pashtun fruit seller and an Indian girl in Calcutta....
Looking into Africa’s Future: Opportunities, Challenges and The Way Forward
Abdulhamid Mpoza
Africa is a naturally gifted continent with huge untapped resources, something that might have been one of the reasons for its colonization between 1870s and 1900s by European...
Pakistan-Africa Relations: Appraisal and Future Prospects
Rukhsana A. Siddiqui
Pakistan-Africa Relations
Pakistan’s relations with many African countries date back to their respective independence movements. Pakistan supported both morally and materially countries such as Algeria, Kenya, Sudan, Zimbabwe,...
Interview with Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Ambassador of Pakistan to Thailand
Amb. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad is Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand. A career diplomat, Amb. Asim Iftikhar has served at various important positions in the Foreign Office, Pakistan’s...
Beyond Peacekeeping: Exploring Pak-Africa Ties
Tughral Yamin
In the age of imperialism, the British colonist took a lot of Indian labour with them to Africa for developing infrastructure and settling the areas under the control...
CPEC’s Threat Matrix
Kishwar Munir
The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is fast being recognized as the flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The multi-billion dollars project has now become...
The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the future of the International Legal Order
Kamran Adil
While examining the nature of ‘international legal order’, the legal theorists have long been divided over its very existence. In international affairs, it comes under discussion episodically. Recent...
China & India In Central Asia: Competition Or Convergence?
Andrew Korybko
It is quite probable that India’s growing role in Central Asia via its US-approved Chabahar Corridor to the region will lead to increased competition with China there. But...
Mapping Pakistan’s Strategic Challenges and Options
Mansoor Ahmed
Pakistan is sometimes referred to as a ‘crisis state,’ which has been beset with unrelenting challenges, but has largely been resilient and has succeeded in navigating through them....
A Polar Silk Road? China’s Quest for the Arctic and its Global Consequences
Maria Bastos
China’s global assertiveness has become a central theme in international studies, particularly in foreign policy, security, and development circles. The Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, has featured...
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Interview with H.E. Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Pakistan
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Ambassador Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul is the Turkish Ambassador in Islamabad since 2018. Amb. Yurdakul is a career diplomat and has...
India and China’s Environmental Governance: One Step Forward, One Step Backward
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India and China’s economic boom, sustained and supported by rapid industrialization is resulting in a multifold of environmental problems. The two countries are...
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America had announced its troop withdrawal from the Middle East at the pretext of defeating ISIS however, we see that it has...