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The much-awaited inaugural address by President Donald Trump will take place on 20 January 2025 as he will be sworn in as the 47th President of the...
Selfishness is not in the idea of living your life the way you want to live; selfishness is more in the way that we want others to think in the...
Any democracy throws up two important challenges to the system. Both challenges are directed at the political leadership and both need some serious...
Reading Yuval Noah Hariri's recent book Nexus has been an absolute treat. Masterful and provocative, the book is a brief history of information...
Politics is meant to solve the problems of people. Those problems cannot be solved by employing power through the barrel of a gun. Our ideological...
I often wonder what if all the dictators of the world such as Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini could see in future. Fast forward five to ten years of...
The cycle of the US relationship with Saudi Arabia is an interesting one. The US has used the benefits of its relationship with Saudi Arabia to try...
The world is changing and the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of United States sends a clear message to the entire world: the will...
The vision of a leader is his overarching purpose derived from the values he believes in and the national aspirations that he harbours to drive his...
Uninterrupted and uncorrupted flow of information from the state to the people is considered as an important and essential aspect for developing a...
It is very disheartening to see the disruption of civil society in Pakistan. A great number of people including students and lawyers are out on...
I remember giving an interview for a think tank dealing with strategic studies. The panel interviewing was headed by one of our most accomplished...
The world is worried about how the war in the Middle East may escalate and engulf the entire region. All indicators on ground suggest that the war...
During this week I had an opportunity to do a podcast with Syed Muzammil Hussain Zaidi. A passionate young man with great potential, Zaidi not only...
History is not about the past only, but about the change as well. We read history to learn from it but if we fail to read the change, we may never...
Today's article focuses on some distinct peculiarities, fatal flaws and the growing security assumptions of Israel's war on Gaza. Any peculiarity...
Some of the regular readers of my columns may feel that lately I am writing too much on the Ukraine war, on Russia and on Pakistan-Russia...
In international relations every intention of a great power is premised on a notion. Russian intention to begin special operations in Ukraine was...
A simple theory states that asking the right questions is important to make the right assumptions and making the right assumptions is essential for...
Shortage of manpower is a big problem that the Ukrainian military faces. So, what has Ukraine done to address this problem and how are European...
What has happened in Bangladesh is a link in the chain of disturbing events that Asia is likely to continue to witness in the coming years and...
Henry Ford (1863–1947) was an American industrialist and is best known for being the founder of the Ford Motor Company. Once asked what he thinks...
Two centuries ago, a prediction was made by Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), who is the father of Russian science and after whom Moscow State...
Historically, without mentioning the achievements of three people it will be unfair to talk about the current geopolitical environment in the...
As a student of geopolitics, I am studying the Russian history and my eyes are set on the next great frontier — the Arctic. I know I cannot...