Int’l Affairs

“Our new government will implement national reconciliation, peace in the country, emergence of a constitution that will pave the way to a democratic union, and enhance the living standard of the people.” (Htin Kyaw, President of Myanmar) On March 30, Myanmar (previously Burma) elected Htin Kyaw, 69-year-old childhood friend and senior aide of the democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, …

Over the past decade, Russia and China have come into closer alignment and their bilateral collaboration has grown. At the same time, both Beijing and Moscow have taken steps to alter the status quo in their respective peripheries. Warmer Sino-Russian relations elicit the question whether the closer alignment of these two neighbours is somehow changing international politics to the disadvantage …

According to renowned structural realist, John J. Mearsheimer, the Chinese economic and military rise in the 21st century won’t be peaceful; the United States would employ all means to thwart China from challenging American hegemony in the world. The competition between the both powers has resuscitated the Cold War atmosphere. The major flashpoints in this cutthroat competition include the Far …

President Barack Obama created a history of sort on March 21-22 by restoring the diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, frozen for the last 54 years. He has displayed the bold and soft power of American diplomacy which could hardly be possible for any serving President of the sole superpower of the world at least when Castros who had …

How a pink flower defeated the world’s sole superpower After fighting the longest war in its history, the United States stands at the brink of defeat in Afghanistan. How can this be possible? How could the world’s sole superpower have battled continuously for 15 years, deploying 100,000 of its finest troops, spending more than a trillion dollars on its military …

It was with awe, disbelief and shock that the world saw footage of the terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, 2001 when the planes-turned-missiles slammed into the World Trade Center towers and damaged the Pentagon. This ultimately resulted in the US declaring and waging a war on “terror” and the alleged mastermind of the attacks, Osama bin Laden, …

Recently the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned the world that dangers to the world economy had risen and that a collective action is needed to boost the global economy, with volatile financial markets and low commodity prices creating fresh concerns about its health. Given these circumstances, a combination of monetary and fiscal policy and structural reforms was needed to strengthen …

The sixth edition of the ICC World T20 2016 could not have had a better ending. West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite smashed four consecutive sixes in the last over of the final match against England, to give his team their second World T20 title on April 3, 2016. ICC WORLD T20 2020 Australia will host the seventh edition of World T20 …

1. Economic Relations The United States is Pakistan’s largest bilateral trading partner. In FY 2015 (July 2014 – June 2015), Pakistan’s total exports were estimated at $24.59 billion and imports at $41.43 billion. During this period, an amount of $18.72 billion was remitted to Pakistan by the overseas Pakistanis working in various countries and among them 14.4% were only from …

On February 26, Iran held two elections: one for its parliament (Majles-e Shoraye Eslami) and the other for the Assembly of Experts (Majles-e Khobragan Rahbari). The former is Iran’s legislative body, and the latter is the part of government that monitors the Supreme Leader and selects his replacement if he dies, becomes incapacitated or is removed. Since the 1979 Revolution, …