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Martin Jacques In two dramatic developments, 2016 saw the end of globalisation as we have known it. The first was Brexit last May, the decision by the UK to leave the European Union (EU) after 43 years of membership. It came in the only conceivable way it could happen – a referendum. The country’s elected leaders would never have voted …

While the country was divided by political choice, some princely states were given the option to join either Pakistan or India. These included Kashmir, Hyderabad (Dakhan), and Junagadh. India occupied the Junagadh State by force despite its rulers’ desire to join Pakistan. Similarly, India annexed Hyderabad. The Hindu Ruler of Kashmir desired to join India despite a majority Muslim population, …

Every January, I try to craft a forecast for the coming year. Economic forecasting is notoriously difficult; but, notwithstanding the truth expressed in Harry Truman’s request for a one-armed economist (who wouldn’t be able to say “on the other hand”), my record has been credible. In recent years, I correctly foresaw that, in the absence of stronger fiscal stimulus (which …

Pakistan has continually strived for a balanced foreign policy that looks to keep the objectives of Pakistan as well as the region in perspective. Pakistan realizes its strategic worth as a major player in the region and has always attempted to keep the peace while not letting anyone undermine its integrity or authority. Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has recently …

The time has been reached when all nations have to start working on building long lasting cooperation with each other on multiple levels, on all issues, including the Indus Water Treaty and have to treat each other like good neighbors. The treaty has to stand, as this can be a source for future cooperation between India and Pakistan. Roughly three …

This episode of ‘To The Point’ features exclusive interview of nobel prize winning economist, Amartya Sen by Karan Thapar. In this interview Amartya Sen discuss about the aims and achievements of the demonetization as well as its consequences, both that were intended and not intended.

Beyond sketching out the broad considerations, India’s foreign policy planners are yet to study the impact of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) on South Asia’s politics. New Delhi’s reaction to the CPEC could be divided into two groups: one believes the CPEC serves China’s singular agenda of extending its strategic footprint to Gwadar and beyond, and undermining the chokehold of …

 “Double tap” was the name given to the U.S. drone warfare technique of first attacking a hostile target and then making another attack shortly after when the family, friends or colleagues rushed to rescue the injured in the first attack. That a number of women, children and noncombatants were killed as a result did not seem to worry our drone …

An Atlantic report The signing of the Indus Water Treaty in Karachi in September was, as President Eisenhower so correctly put it at his press conference, “One bright spot… in a very depressing world picture.” The treaty marks the end of a twelve-year fight between India and Pakistan over the division of the waters of the immense Indus River basin, …

Even as much of the world bridled at the U.S. pretensions of “unipolar” power, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon toed Washington’s line and further undercut the U.N.’s supposed evenhandedness, writes Joe Lauria. Middle East Online After ten years of almost total obedience to Washington, Ban Ki-moon stepped down Sunday as United Nations Secretary-General, leaving behind a sorry legacy that has …