Review Report: CPEC, A Transformation in Motion
Rabia Akhtar
Recently, ace China watcher, Andrew Small, authored report on the current status of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC). At a time when geo-economics is challenging the preponderance of geopolitics,...
The Smokescreen of Indian Uranium Deficiency
Nidaa Shahid
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has remained in the thick of things in every discussion and analysis related to India in the past few years, ever since India formally...
Renaissance in the Gulf: America’s Bastille or China’s Awakening?
Muhammad Sharreh Qazi
“China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will move the world.”
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Pakistan and the Post-Covid World Order
Syed Rifaat Hussain
While it may seem premature to announce the end of COVID-19, all indications are that this pandemic has entered its terminal phase. Since its outbreak in Wuhan...
Israeli-Gulf Rapprochement: Strategic Implications for Pakistan
Rabia Akhtar
In 1958, Pakistan leased the Badaber base near Peshawar to the U.S. for ten years. The base was to be used as a U.S. communications facility and for...
Mapping Prospects and Roadblocks in the Afghan Peace Process
Rahimullah Yousafzai
Two positive developments in recent days have raised hopes after weeks of uncertainty that the implementation of the Taliban-U.S. peace deal signed in Doha, Qatar on February 29...
Captain America Leaping for a Closure
Salma Malik
When what appears centuries ago, the U.S. set out on a crusade to “reboot” project Afghanistan, it was with utmost confidence, and bravado. The landlocked “failed” state was...
Reading Between the Lines of Afghan Agreements
Elizabeth Threlkeld
The U.S.-Taliban agreement signed in Doha on Feb. 29 is historic, significant and long overdue. After nearly 20 years of war and many failed attempts at striking a deal, it...
Battle of Perceptions: Understanding the End of the Afghan War
Palwasha Khan
‘Countries have to take care of themselves…. You can only hold someone’s hand for so long’ President Donald J. Trump on Afghanistan March 6, 2020
America and the Afghan Taliban...
Afghan Peace and the Prospects of Economic Connectivity
Andrew Korybko
The Doha Deal, the first phase of what the U.S. envisages to be a more comprehensive Afghan Peace Deal, promises a new era for the region if it...
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