Economic Affairs & National Development
For a Song
The government is mulling the sale of shares in prime state-owned companies to foreign owners, and the rationale being provided is that the country must take desperate
August 1, 2022
Opinion Articles
Economic Security
The Essentiality of Political Stability for Economic Security
Political sloganeering during an election campaign is a usual phenomenon across the globe, because according to Carl Von Bismarck’s dictum, “Politics is the art of the possible.”
August 1, 2022
Climate Change
Pakistan: Heatwave Chars National Well-being
A brutal heat wave with record high temperatures scorched cities across Pakistan from March till June this year. Sindh’s Nawabshah city recorded 2022’s hottest ever temperature with mercury soaring to 51oC.
July 28, 2022
Movements
Will Populism Survive in Future Politics?
During the Cold War, the world was divided between two distinct and very conflicting ideologies: Capitalism and Communism. The fall of the Soviet Union left a political
July 27, 2022
Constitution of Pakistan
Gilgit-Baltistan: A Just Province
Looking Back at History Before the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the present day Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region was part of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), one of the
July 27, 2022
Artificial Intelligence
Towards AI Sentience?
Artificial Intelligence or AI continues to amaze us in different ways. The recent episode of Blake Lemoine and the Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) has once
July 25, 2022
Middle East
Saudi-Iran Rapprochement: Vital for Middle East’s Security
Iran and Saudi Arabia, two regional powers and important members of the Muslim world, have a history of strained relations. Geopolitical contestation between them goes back at
July 25, 2022
hybrid warfare
The Art and Science of Hybrid War
The concept of hybrid war is not new, rather its tenets include all shades of kinetic and non-kinetic warfare. However, what is new is its scientific application
July 25, 2022
Defence
Changing Character of Warfare: Lessons for Pakistan from the Russia-Ukraine War
Since the Russia-Ukraine war began, analysts around the world have been scrutinising the characteristics of the war as well as its tactical, operational and strategic aspects. They
July 18, 2022
Peace and Conflict
New Iron Curtain between Russia and Ukraine
The title is inspired by the phrase coined by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and quoted by Ambassador Riaz Khokhar at a seminar on the Ukraine war
July 18, 2022
