Int’l Affairs

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been playing this game ever since he assumed power in May 2014. After a long chill in India-Pakistan relations, Narendra Modi suddenly arrived in Lahore on a surprise ‘hurricane’ goodwill visit to personally greet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on his birthday and to make a gracious appearance on his granddaughter’s wedding ceremony. His short …

On 20th September 2015, Nepal adopted a new constitution that was prepared by its Second Constituent Assembly. The instant write-up is aimed at presenting briefly the constitutional developments in Nepal since its independence. It will also examine the structure of the new Constitution of Nepal. Finally, it will try to summarily compare it with the Constitution of Pakistan. Constitutional History …

The rising number of people entering Europe in 2015 in search of safety and a better life has captured the world’s attention with scenes of heartbreaking tragedy. Travelling hundreds and thousands of miles over land and over water, from Africa, the Middle East and Asia, people are risking everything in the hope of reaching their goal, and the danger does …

In the 21st century, “humanitarian” wars of aggression are commonplace. To safeguard the present and the future of humanity, all concerned global citizens must think of ways to avert the ultimate impending cataclysmic destruction of the mankind and the planet Earth. In all wars, mankind is the net victim of wickedness of a few warmongers. The news media plays a …

Thomas J. Christensen observes that post-1978 China has achieved economic progress that is unprecedented in world history and has registered equally dramatic advances in its economic and diplomatic ties abroad. It was perhaps inevitable that such a dramatic rise would elicit exaggerated analysis especially in the United States, to whose preeminence that phenomenon poses a singular challenge. Although the American …

Habemus consensus! That was the roaring message delivered by the representatives of the 195 countries on December 12 in Paris, following the two-week long COP21 summit that peaked with a dramatic last-minute upset that pushed the talks into overtime. More than 900 points of disagreement (or “brackets” in summit parlance) were smoothed over during the talks, yielding an agreement that …

On 24th November 2015, a Russian Su-24 plane came down near the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey scrambled two F-16 fighter jets after a plane entered, as Turkey asserted, Turkish airspace, warning it to leave 10 times in five minutes before shooting it down. Russia disputed this assertion and said the jet never left Syrian airspace. The shooting down of the jet …

In 2011, President Barack Obama announced ‘Pivot to Asia,’ his new strategy for the Asia-Pacific region. It was also coined as ‘Act of Strategic Rebalancing’ which emphasizes that the US is going to stay in the Asia Pacific and it’s going to re-infuse new ideas into its security and economic presence in the region. The US appeared to contest the …

“Those who kill innocent people are doomed to eternal punishment (25:68-69);” “…whosoever slays an innocent person…it is as if he had slain humanity altogether.” (5:32). HOLY QURAN Terrorism continues to haunt the world with its brutal manifestations in some of the recent tragedies across the globe. The problem is that in the aftermath of 9/11, the detractors of Islam found …

“Our foreign policy is one of the friendliness and goodwill towards all the nations of the world. We do not cherish aggressive designs against any country or nation. We believe in the principle of honesty and fair play in national and international dealings, and are prepared to make our contribution to the promotion of peace and prosperity among the nations …