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  Israel-Palestine Question and the Muslim World Is the Abraham Accord a new ploy to divide the Muslims? Afaque Ahmed Introduction Gaza strip of Palestine continues to be bombed by Israel with impunity. And in the West Bank, its nefarious designs to annex the parts that form the Palestinian state continuously haunt the people belonging to the region. The move …

India’s Bloody Borders | CSS Current Affairs | A Fortnightly Glance | Ahmed Ali Naqvi | World Times  

Heading for Thucydides’s Trap US-China Athar Mansoor Thucydides’s concerns were recently echoed by Graham Allison in his book, “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?” An outcome of a decade-long research project, Allison’s book drew similarities between the rise of China against the United States and that of Athens against Sparta and warned, “China and the US …

Afghan Peace Process … as Afghan President sees it! On August 13, President of Afghanistan, Dr Ashraf Ghani, during a virtual session with James B. Cunningham at the Council on Foreign Relations, shared his thoughts on various aspects of the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan. In this conversation, Dr Ghani elaborated the recent developments ranging from the decision of Loya …

An Interview with Wang Yi State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China   Catchline “China never intends to and will never interfere in US elections or other US internal affairs. Likewise, the US must abandon its fantasy of remodeling China to US needs.” Question: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asserted in a recent speech that the policy of engagement …

Urban Flooding Tackling the challenge of drowning cities M. Atif Sheikh It’s morning time and there is a lot of hustle and bustle in the house; kids have to go to school and men to work, but the street outside is looking like a canal due to the heavy rain last night. Suddenly, a mobile phone bell rings; the person …

Plato’s Cave Two important lessons for our society Mawra Raja Plato’s cave is typically familiar to three types of people: those with keen interest in philosophy, multi-discipline self-readers and readers of political philosophy. The story is typically but rightly pigeonholed as an allegory because it is fictitious and a thought-provoking experiment for those who wish to minimize the harms of …

Pakistan Air Force Groomed to be second to none? Air Commodore M. Adnan Khan SI (M) “[W]hether they receive five [Rafales] or 500, we are fine. We are absolutely ready and we have no doubt on our capability and we have proven this so it’s (the jets) not going to make much of a difference.” This statement of Director General …

Kicking Away the Ladder How did the rich countries really become rich? Muhammad Shahid Rafique There is currently great pressure on developing countries to adopt a set of “good policies” and “good institutions” … to foster their economic development. When some developing countries show reluctance in adopting them, the proponents of this recipe often find it difficult to understand these …