Senior Analyst Raza Rumi explains Pakistan’s foreign relations in 2018

Senior Analyst Raza Rumi explains Pakistan's foreign relations in 2018 Pakistan's 2018 on the foreign policy front is summarised in this short video op-ed…

U.S. war machine has found a convenient scapegoat in the shape of Pakistan to hide its failures in Afghanistan

June 26, 2018: U.S. war machine has found a convenient scapegoat in the shape of Pakistan to hide its failures in Afghanistan Q. In his…

With Trump’s Empty Afghan Strategy, Up to India & Pak to Play Nice

US engagement in Afghanistan, in its 16th year now, has been complicated by the involvement of regional powers. Donald Trump’s so-called Afghanistan strategy suffers…

Five myths that need to be buried for good

Popular narratives in Pakistan regurgitated by civil and military leadership with the support of mainstream media suggest that certain things have changed over the…

CPEC, India & China, Re-balancing Act

India, the US and Afghanistan are keenly watching Pakistan and China work through CPEC’s challenges Andrew Small is a transatlantic fellow at the German…

A corridor to a closer Sino-Pakistani alliance?

Chinese influence in South and Central Asia is set to expand through the much-hyped China-Pakistan Economic Corridor just as the United States draws down…

The future of Afghanistan – towards a regional solution

Here is a video podcast I did for the Pak-China institute. The transcript follows the video. The situation in Afghanistan, especially as its unfolding…

China: Braving the Storm

China has so far braved many storms. However, this time it will be a test of its political leadership and economic managers to set…

No Shangri-La – Tibet revisited

Found this brilliant piece by Slavoj Žižek writing for the London Review of Books Also Published in NY Times The media imposes certain stories…

Stop demonising China

Globally, the Tibet issue has been blown beyond belief by the media. I am compelled to ask that over one million civilians are dead…

The China Threat

BOOK REVIEW: Investigating the China threat by Khaled Ahmed The fact that Globalisation has been allowed to sink to the level of a darwinist…