Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

PRESIDENT Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Alaska on August 16, 2025, was a significant diplomatic breakthrough between the two global powers. Despite…

THE international community observed 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki last week. Organizations like International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons…

PAKISTAN and Iran need to intelligently chalk out their bilateral relations in a rapidly transforming international geopolitical environment to guard and maximize their respective national…

THE Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s forthcoming Summit will be significant due to the increasing rift among its permanent members. Its members have been involved in the…

SINCE the lunch meeting between President Donald Trump and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s and the US’s diplomatic engagements have been…

MISSILE proliferation in South Asia involves India and Pakistan, each with their own unique objectives and military doctrines. Despite New Delhi and Islamabad’s transparency about…

THE current trends in international politics are not conducive to peace and stability. The ongoing Ukrainian war, Modi’s bruised ego, increasing anarchy in the Middle…

THE rapid transformation in the international strategic environment and increasing probability of state-on-state wars have immensely revitalized the concept of collective security. The United States…

THE risk of termination of the current ceasefire and recommencement of war persists between the nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. Last month, during a four-day military…

PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s frustrated militaristic mindset and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s firmness over Iran’s sovereign right to have a…