Munir Akram
OVER the course of history, many foreign armies have entered Afghanistan; almost all have left in disarray or defeat. America’s exit will be no exception.
Published 10 Nov, 2012 09:04pm
THE cold-blooded shooting of Malala Yousufzai, the girls’ rights activist, by a Taliban hit man has led to an unusual outcry in Pakistan against this “bestial”, “obscene” and “horrendous” act of terrorism. This
Published 13 Oct, 2012 10:05pm
THE recent tragic events surrounding the profane and provocative video insulting Islam’s Prophet (PBUH) have again revived tensions between the Islamic world and America and revealed the wide cultural and
Published 29 Sep, 2012 10:04pm
LAST week, the China Development Research Foundation, a body directly linked to China’s State Council, hosted a roundtable in Beijing on ‘Accelerating China-Pakistan Economic Partnership’.
Published 15 Sep, 2012 09:04pm
THE 44-year US-Soviet Cold War was so called because it stopped short of a shooting conflict. The superpowers — each with over 20,000 nuclear weapons — were deterred from direct confrontation by the declared doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). B
Published 02 Sep, 2012 03:04am
THE outbreak and intensity of the civil war in Syria, even after the Arab Spring arrived in Egypt, was unexpected; its consequences may be even more surprising.
Published 19 Aug, 2012 12:10am
SO far, development in Pakistan has been heavily reliant on aid from and trade with the US and other Western countries.
Published 05 Aug, 2012 12:10am
THERE has been considerable conjecture recently about the shift of power from the West to Asia. Is this happening?
Published 22 Jul, 2012 03:04am
THE remotely piloted ‘drone’ has emerged as the ‘weapon of choice’ in US counterterrorism strategy. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) estimates that 4,000 people have been killed in US drone
Published 07 Jul, 2012 10:04pm
OVER the last decade, the possibility of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of (Islamic) terrorists has been projected by western policy circles as the greatest threat to international peace and security.
Published 23 Jun, 2012 11:04pm
TODAY, Pakistanis have ample reason to feel a sense of gloom. It is small solace that they are not alone in their depression.
Published 09 Jun, 2012 10:04pm
WHY did Pakistan’s president attend the Nato summit in Chicago? The US had not met any of Pakistan’s conditions for resetting relations after the Salala attack: a formal apology; end to drone strikes; release
Published 26 May, 2012 08:04pm
REPORTEDLY, in the 1960s, while reviewing arrangements for the protection of China’s nascent nuclear arsenal, Mao Zedong observed: “Security must be 100 per cent; it cannot be 99 per cent.” Obviously, as the
Published 13 May, 2012 12:05am
ON April 12, 2012, the Pakistan parliament adopted the ‘Guidelines For Revised Terms Of Engagement’ with the US, Nato, Isaf and ‘General Foreign Policy’.
Published 28 Apr, 2012 11:05pm
TALKS between Iran and the P-5-plus-1 (Germany) in Istanbul on the nuclear issue resumed yesterday. Western officials have asserted that Iran has been obliged to ‘return’ to the nuclear negotiations due to the pressure imposed on it by the sanctions appli
Published 14 Apr, 2012 10:04pm
IN a TV interview, Pakistan’s foreign minister “categorically” denied that Pakistan was going to “freeze” the Kashmir dispute, asserting “we have changed the road that leads to resolution of [the] Kashmir issue and other issues that exist with India”.
Published 31 Mar, 2012 08:04pm
IN recent weeks, there has been considerable prognostication in the western media, think tanks and policy circles about the direction China will take over the next decade, as President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen
Published 17 Mar, 2012 09:32pm
THE Af-Pak ‘team’ in Washington is reportedly currently preoccupied with negotiating a deal with the Taliban that allows power to be transferred to an Afghan government which the insurgents are expected to integrate
Published 03 Mar, 2012 07:57pm
IN 2002, the Canadian government issued a policy paper entitled The Right to Protect. The paper proposed that, notwithstanding Article 2 (4) of the UN Charter which prohibits “interference in the internal affairs” of a state, the UN should legislate that
Published 18 Feb, 2012 11:40pm
IN the current US presidential election campaign, President Obama has been accused by his Republican rivals of being “weak” on foreign policy and presiding over America’s decline.
Published 05 Feb, 2012 01:03am
