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Changing Global Order and New Patterns of Power

We are in an intriguing period right now, with several global political, economic, and social events taking place. The biggest changes in the world's political and economic power structures are those brought on by the East's comparative ascent and the West's comparative fall. These...

Jaishankar At UNGA: Long on Rhetoric And Short on Substance

Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar’s address at the 79th UN General Assembly session was disappointing...

Gandapur Pushing For Governor’s Rule. You’re Gonna Get It

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in his latest video message has warned...

Netanyahu Is Dragging Everyone Into War

As the Iranian missile strikes impacted multiple locations in Israel on Tuesday, the world...

Populism Or Fascism? How Imran Khan’s Vendetta is Shaking Pakistan

Imran Khan, once again, sits in jail but has not abandoned his political playbook....

Jaishankar At UNGA: Long on Rhetoric And Short on Substance

Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar’s address at the 79th UN General Assembly session was disappointing...

The Effectiveness Of Israel’s Sabotage Operations

Victor Ostrovsky, in his book “By Way of Deception: The Making of a Mossad Officer”, argues that Mossad literal motto is “By deception, thou...

Jaishankar At UNGA: Long on Rhetoric And Short on Substance

Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar’s address at the 79th UN General Assembly session was disappointing...

Iran Says killing Of Quds Force Commander Is An Atrocious Crime

ISLAMABAD – Two days after Israel attacked Hezbollah's headquarters in southern Beirut, which resulted...

The dynamics Of US Involvement In China-Philippine Tensions

The recurring maritime tensions in the South China Sea, especially as seen in the...

Geopolitics

Netanyahu Is Dragging Everyone Into War

As the Iranian missile strikes impacted multiple locations in Israel on Tuesday, the world started watching the Middle East developments even more closely. It...

Iran Says killing Of Quds Force Commander Is An Atrocious Crime

ISLAMABAD – Two days after Israel attacked Hezbollah's headquarters in southern Beirut, which resulted...

The SCO and Gulf: The UAE’s Growing Role in Regional Security and Economic Cooperation

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a regional multilateral organization founded in 2001 by...

Jaishankar At UNGA: Long on Rhetoric And Short on Substance

Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar’s address at the 79th UN General Assembly session was disappointing and disquieting, to put it mildly. He was long on rhetoric but conspicuously short on substance. Not only was the speech riven with policy contradictions but also unabashedly threatening towards...

The Great Illusion Of India Being A Global Power

The current geopolitical environment has been gradually transforming the world into a multipolar order. Several countries based on their rising economic and political clout...

Economy

The Impact Of South-South Cooperation

One of the most successful and efficient ways for Asian and Pacific nations to trade technological knowledge and expertise is, increasingly, South-South Cooperation (SSC). Unlike the conventional donor country or beneficiary country relationships, SSC is more like a collaboration between countries and has greatly...

Weaker Currencies Mean Higher Fuel Prices Despite Cheaper Oil

The Middle East tensions and the continued tensions between Russia and the West –...

Pakistan Interest Rate Down By 2%

KARACHI – The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday slashed the interest rates...

The Case for Enhanced Trade with Turkiye

The centennial of diplomatic ties between Turkey and Japan falls in August. Turkiye's commerce...

Charting a New Economic Course for Pakistan

Following a protracted break, Pakistan's economic situation seems to be rather promising. For example,...

Military

India’s Unregulated Defense Exports

A recent report on the Indian manufactured ammunition entering Ukraine during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has again shifted attention on India’s growing defense industry...

Dangerous Nuclear Saber-Rattling By Russia

The Ukraine war has taken a drastic change since Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk...

Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis: A Catalyst For Regional Conflict

The unending Israeli aggression has brought more sufferings to the people of Gaza as...

The dynamics Of US Involvement In China-Philippine Tensions

The recurring maritime tensions in the South China Sea, especially as seen in the recent standoff between the Philippines and China over Sabina Shoal, provoke pertinent questions about the involvement of the United States in the region. As the Coastguard of China aggressively hauled...

Lt-Gen Asim Malik To Lead ISI Amid Rising Security Threats

Pakistan has appointed Lt-Gen Asim Malik as the new director general of its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). According to the armed forces media wing press...

Technology

EU’s Digital Services Act May Make Musk Pay Billions In Fines

BRUSSELS – With the European Union (EU) investigating X – the social media platform owned by Elon Musk – over breaching content moderation rules,...

US-China Trade War: The Battle To Dominate Chipmaking

Though the US and European corporations used to dominate worldwide electronics, it may be...

Harsh Nicaragua Social Media Law And Australia Planning Ban On Use by Children

MANAGUA/CANBERRA – Nicaragua has introduced a law that will allow the government to imprison...

Electrifying Pakistan: BYD’s Ambitious Venture into EV Market

1. BACKGROUND The shift to an environmentally friendly energy source has necessitated the need for using electric vehicles for cars to cut on carbon footprint and insistence on fossil fuels. Pakistan is one of the developing economies with over 250 million people and faces major...

Russian Interference Yet Again As Elon Musk Promotes Far Right

NEW YORK – Elon Musk is known for promoting far-right on X, his social media platform, while portraying him himself as the champion of...