A Foot in the Door
A View from Islamabad
Khalid Banuri
The persistent ebb and flow in Pakistan’s bilateral relations with the United States has almost been a constant. From close contacts at the leadership level...
Mr. Khan Goes to Washington
A View from Washington
Elizabeth Threlkeld
As the dust settles following Imran Khan’s first U.S. visit as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, reviews of the trip are decidedly mixed. While Khan likened his...
Trump and Imran: Renewing U.S.- Pakistan Cooperation
A View from Islamabad
Ambassador Salman Bashir
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the U.S. has been an outstanding success. Given the icy frigidity in Pak-U.S. relations that preceded it, the...
Pakistan’s Afghan Quagmire Post Khan-Trump Summit
Rahimullah Yusufzai
While talking to the media after his recent meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Prime Minister Imran Khan cautiously said Pakistan would urge the Taliban...
Pakistan’s Modi Dilemma
Rifaat Hussain
By winning a clear majority in the Indian general elections held last month, the NDA coalition led by Bhartia Janta Party (BJP) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has...
Iran-US Standoff: Time for Stakeholders to Show Statesmanship
Asif Durrani
After U.S. announcement of ending exemptions for Iranian oil exports to eight countries last month, the situation in the Middle East has plunged into gross uncertainty. There have...
US-Iran Conflict: The War Saudis Need but Don’t Want
Ahmed Quraishi
On the morning of May 16th, the world woke up to a Saudi newspaper editorial calling for a “calculated surgical airstrike” against Iran.
The Arab News editorial was blunt....
Pakistan Politico Interview with Amb. Riffat Masood, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of...
Amb. Riffat Masood is Pakistan's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a veteran diplomat, Amb.Riffat has served Pakistan at important appointments at the Foreign Office and Pakistan's...
China’s Afghanistan Threat
Rupert Stone
Afghanistan is not a priority for its largest neighbour, China. Beijing did not commit troops to the war that began in 2001, and its economic footprint has been...
Strategic Overview of the Nuclear Pakistan
Mansoor Ahmed & Maimuna Ashraf
India and Pakistan completed 20 years of overt nuclearization last year. During these two decades, Pakistan achieved several milestones required to qualify as a modern...
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