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Gulf crisis: Wests keen eye on strategic and economic benefits Global Village Space | M. K. Bhadrakumar | The failure of the mission to the Gulf by the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to resolve the rift between Qatar and the ‘boycotting states’ – Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt – was...

Identity Crisis: Who is Pakistani and who isn’t? Global Village Space | Nauman Sadiq | #PakistanTurns70 There are two contrasting styles of debating an issue: those who prefer normative arguments, and those who choose a descriptive line of reasoning. Most pop intellectuals nowadays adopt the...

Kashmir: A new intifada Global Village Space | News Analysis | Anti-India protests and clashes erupted in the main city of Srinagar in India-held Kashmir after three Kashmiri suspected separatists were killed in a gun battle with government forces on Wednesday. According to police, the...

Trade deficit reached all-time high in year 2017: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics Global Village Space | News Analysis | With dwindling foreign reserves, the country’s economy is grossly engulfed by the imbalances in the current account. Higher imports and record-low exports of all the time, the...

Gulf crisis: can its resolution reshape the future of international relations? Global Village Space | James M. Dorsey | The five-week-old Gulf crisis raises questions about the fundaments of international relations, the definition of national security, and the ability of small states to chart...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan: The revival of Ottoman Empire? Global Village Space | Ahsan Hamid Durrani | For the world he may seem an autocrat in the guise of democratically elected presidency; for western media he might be a tyrant who oppresses dissent and critique; through the lens of left wingers...

U.S Iran nuclear deal: what will be its implications in the region? Global Village Space | Jawaria Waheed | 13 years after the nuclear activities of Iran were exposed an agreement was finally concluded on 14th July 2015 in Vienna, Austria which is known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...

Don’t pass the buck on Zia; political parties are far off democracy Global Village Space | Abdul Qayyum Khan Kundi l There were many talk shows, editorials and op-ed pieces about the martial law imposed on July 5th, 1977. There were talks of the social damage done by the Islamist agenda of...

Cold Start Doctrine and the Nasr missiles Global Village Space | News Analysis | Chief of Army(COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa witnessed the training launch of the short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Nasr on Wednesday. The ISPR gave out details of this SRBM through tweets by its...

Trump Putin meeting: what hurdles will they have to address? Global Village Space | The Durdan | With all the fuss over Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meeting later this week at the G20 summit, many have conspicuously failed to grasp that the monumental task ahead of both leaders...

ISIS: the face of terror and options for Pakistan to deal with it Global Village Space | Qazi Abdul Mohsin | It may be surprising to hear, But it is a plain fact that modern global jihad is originated as a consequence of US Foreign policy. Afghan jihad was started and supported By US to achieve...

A tough choice to make Global Village Space | News Analysis | The recent conflict in the Middle East has created a real possibility for the creation of an independent Kurdish state. Kurds are seen favorably by many western nations as an effective fighting force against Islamic State. The US...

Qatar: a case study of how small states are treated in International realm Global Village Space | James M. Dorsey | A Qatari refusal to bow to the dictate of its larger neighbors is a case study of the place of small states in international relations that is unfolding as a Saudi-UAE-led...

Panama Case: should Supreme Court render the final judgement? Global Village Space | Saad Rasool | The Panama Leaks case is about to reach its much-awaited crescendo. And for the second time, over the past one hundred days, the entire nation is looking towards the honourable Supreme Court for...

Has Russia entered NATO’s bedroom? Global Village Space | M. K. Bhadrakumar | Can we say a “terrible beauty” is born in the NATO’s underbelly — to borrow the words from the Irish-English poet Y. B. Yeats? Moscow disclosed on Thursday that Russia’s contract with Turkey on the delivery of S-400...

Escalation of Gulf crisis: were negotiated solutions an illusion? Global Village Space | James M. Dorsey | The Gulf crisis that pits Saudi Arabia and the UAE against Qatar is set to escalate with Doha certain to ignore Monday’s deadline that it complies with demands that would undermine Qatari...

A new makeover for US and Russia? Global Village Space | M. K. Bhadrakumar | The White House disclosed Thursday during a media briefing on President Donald Trump’s forthcoming trip to Europe next week that he will meet with many world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin on the...

Of courtships and divorces: Trump segmenting his policy for India and Pakistan Global Village Space | News Analysis | The Foreign Office has expressed its concerns regarding the recent Indo-US joint statement stating it to be detrimental to peace in the region. Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

Pak-Afghan blame game: who reaps the benefits? Global Village Space | Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan and Afghanistan relations worsened incalculably in the recent weeks. Both Islamabad and Kabul have been accusing each other. Neither side seems prepared to modify its position to mitigate the...

US and Russia: A meeting of two giants during G20 summit! Global Village Space | M. K. Bhadrakumar | A US senior official in Washington told TASS news agency Monday that the White House does not rule out a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of...