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Dr Muhammad Ali EhsanThe Express Tribune |
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said, "History happens forward but is written backwards." The US-Israel decision to go to...
Towards east we had our arch enemy and rival India, so it was natural for Pakistan to look towards the west. I grew up and was raised and conditioned...
The US-Iran talks in Geneva culminated with no specific agreement reached between the two countries. Had it been just about the US and Iran, we might...
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Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces' (CDF's) recent visit to Libya and his meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces is...
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Pakistan's core issue is not India, 'the Board of Peace', or its participation in the resolution of the Palestinian conflict. Our core issue today is...
The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) hosted a two-day Margalla Security Dialogue from November 11-12 at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad....
The Geographical Pivot of History and Democratic Ideals and Reality are two great scholarly writings by Sir Halford Mackinder, who is considered one...
When the rate of change exceeds the ability to adapt, it results in dislocation. This is true for both human beings and nation-states. There is also a...
Currently, two different approaches are being pursued to find a solution to the Afghan problem. One is global and the other is regional. The global...
The morning was lit up with the news that Pakistan carried out air strikes on targets in Afghanistan. The whole afternoon the news was not confirmed...
The Gaza peace proposal presented by President Donald Trump has become the most discussed issue in world politics today. I would like to highlight...
I have two key takeaways from the speeches of world leaders and the events unfolding on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly...
Geopolitics, like seasons, moves in cycles. Metaphorically, as much as seasons depict the change in nature, geopolitics is also speculation about the...
China dominated global politics in the first week of September 2025. First, we had the SCO meeting in Tianjin, and then the Victory Day parade was...
The 25th SCO Summit is scheduled to be held in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, 2025. This much-awaited summit needs to be seen in the...
Taliban's first conquest of Afghanistan came in 1996 when, as a military movement, Taliban stormed Kabul, the capital. The conquest resulted in the...
Presidents of two great powers are meeting in Alaska. This is after a lapse of six years that a Russian and an American President will have a...
During the Cold War, the world was divided between capitalist and communist blocs. Today, the world is again divided, with the new division referred...
Pakistan presented its first National Security Policy (NSP) in January 2022. The policy emphasised a shift to economic security and a citizen-centric...
The Domino Theory explains how one event sets off a series of similar events. The theory is not attributed to any single author but is a concept that...
This week a news item was flashed on font pages of almost all the newspapers in Pakistan. The news was about the possibility of creation of an...
The Iran-Israel short war of ballistic missile exchanges and air strikes is over. Yet the context under which this short war was fought had a deep...
The escalating war between Israel and Iran is currently being led by two main developments that may eventually determine how this war might end. The...
There are clear indications that the world is no longer traveling on an upward track. The current journey of the world is on a downward track, and the...
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The international system was always anarchic, but the current shift in the balance of global influence is making it more turbulent and uncertain. For...
The one big constant of Pakistan, India foreign policy has been the Kashmir dispute. Both countries have fought wars over the issue; and as the...
In a test of nerves, both India and Pakistan are locked in an ongoing military standoff to test each other's resolve. This resolve is built in a broad...
Events are unfolding quickly, and it is unclear what the situation will be when this piece is published. India has lived up to its reputation: within...
The world is witnessing a surge in shuttle diplomacy as President Trump tries to deliver on his promise of ending the Ukraine war. Earlier this week,...
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