Int’l Affairs

Since the United States attacked Afghanistan in 2001, respective governments in Pakistan and Afghanistan have been trying to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table. Although former Afghan President Hamid Karzai made some efforts in this regard, yet the real impediment to the process has been the presence of Occupation Forces on the land of Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s new coalition government …

Avoiding the Armageddon China and Pakistan have one of the closest relationships in international diplomacy. The two states have maintained a decades-long consistent as well as multi-faceted relationship that spans strategic defence, political, economic and diplomatic ties. This is due to this enduring relationship that the balance of power has been maintained in the Subcontinent. But, the US-Indian strategic alliance …

Geopolitics is one of the most difficult sciences to have a single—and precise—definition, as it can have a wide array of interpretations. A political analyst could perceive geopolitics as the exercise and distribution of power within the legislative branch of a government, analyzing the power dynamics of who and which party will support a new foreign policy towards another country …

Today’s world is increasingly becoming dominated by private special interests and multinational corporations who usurp political systems around the world, creating vast wealth inequality and largely rendering democratic political systems futile. As the profits, power and influence of corporations explode in the 21st century, the gap between the rich and the poor spikes in tandem, creating what many believe is …

How Would It Impact South Asia? A lot of concerns have been raised about the future of the South Asian region after the start of US withdrawal from the war-torn Afghanistan. The apprehensions are being expressed especially because the United States has a track record of creating troubles in many regions of the world and then abandoning those without ensuring …

After 16 hours of negotiations in the Belarusian capital, the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany ironed out a shaky short-term solution to the Ukraine crisis named: The Minsk II Agreement. The agreement was announced at three separate news conferences, suggesting the deal’s durability and longevity may be in doubt. The Agreement also did not lead to an immediate …

For far too long, the Iranian-backed Houthi movement was left to meddle in Yemen. While one realizes that war should always be used as a last resort and that every effort to use political and peaceful means should be exhausted, the reality is that time after time, Iran and its agents have continued to prove that they cannot be trusted …

Since its ratification in 1970, the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) has become one of the main pillars of the nuclear nonproliferation mechanisms. From 27 April to 22 May 2015, state parties to the NPT gather in a Review Conference (RevCon) to ensure that both the NPT provisions and the major nuclear proliferation challenges are being properly addressed. The ninth Review …

Back in 2008, at the height of the Global Financial Crisis, there was an intense debate within the international community on the core question of the best institutional response to the unfolding collapse of the global economy. In the six months between the collapse of Bear Stern to the collapse of Lehman’s in September, the question being debated in Washington …

Winter into Spring: it’s a powerful symbol at the nuclear talks in Lausanne, on the shore of Lake Geneva. The Iranian and American delegations are acutely aware this weekend brings one of the most important festivals in the ancient Persian calendar – Norouz or New Year.