Flashback 2018- Foreign Policy Challenges for Pakistan and The Way Forward
Hamzah Rifaat Hussain
In 2018, the world witnessed the rise of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf with its Chairman Imran Khan becoming the Prime Minister of the country. With a new,...
FATF and Pakistan: The Hard Choices
Hassan Aslam Shad
Pakistan remaining in the Financial Action Task Force’s grey list, despite its unprecedented progress in implementing the 27-point action plan did...
Book Review | Diplomatic Footprints
Diplomatic Footprints
Author: Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary
ISBN: 978-969-35-3368-2
Publisher: Sang-e-Meel Publications
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
A Relationship that Was Not to Be
Raoof Hasan
The canvas of foreign policy is as vast as one’s mind may stretch it. Forever studded with possibilities, it encompasses multiple options,...
Reimagining Pak-U.S. Relations
Rabia Akhtar
Remarks on ‘Pakistan-U.S. Ties’ by Prof. Dr. Rabia Akhtar, Director CSSPR, University of Lahore, given at the Third Public Hearing of the...
From Conflict to Peace: Recalibrating Pak-Afghan Relations
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
Recently, it was announced that, Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, will visit Kabul later this month. This would be PM Khan's first official visit to Afghanistan...
Less dependence on China. Berlin should look to Pakistan.
Rabia Akhtar, head of the Centre for Security, Strategy and Policy at the University of Lahore, explains exactly how.
(The article was originally...
Pakistan’s Diplomatic Challenges in the Middle East
Riaz Khokhar
One of the key challenges to Pakistan’s foreign policy relates to how it navigates its policy in the volatile Middle East. In this regard, balancing its relations with...
Oral History Interview with Amb.Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
Amb. Shamshad Ahmad Khan is Pakistan's former Foreign Secretary, who currently is the Chairman of the Lahore Center For Peace Research (LCPR). In his illustrious 4-decade long career, he...
The Might of Petro Dollar: Why Saudi Arabia Can Continue Its Atrocities in Yemen?
Paul Antonopoulos
Back in April 2018, The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres explained at a conference in Geneva that three-quarters of the Yemeni population were in desperate need of...
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