Dr Graham T. Allison, Director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, recently authored the bestseller, “Destined for War: America, China, and Thucydides’ Trap”.  In his book, Dr Allison introduced a phenomenon which he called, the Thucydides’ Trap.  He argued that this phenomenon is applied to an insecurity paranoia between a […]

Heartiest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in the brutal bomb blast at Ferozepur Road Lahore.  I always try to restrain myself in putting the blame on the government and its incompetence because the terrorism is the most difficult thing to control and also, during last 4-5 years the terrorism significantly reduced […]

During the early 20th century, there were several political assassinations which included US President William McKinley, the Russian czar, Italian King and two Spanish PMs but none of these incidents shook the world the way it shook after the assassination of heir of Austro-Hungarian Empire.  On 28th of June, 1914, in Sarajevo, the heir presumptive to […]

The new administration in US will take over after the 20th January and the political pundits and experts are in the “wait and see” mode, as all the political science theories, which were widely accepted and were the basis of drawing the future projections about how the coming days would look, were failed after the […]

  Pakistan’s decision to join the Heart of Asia Conference and sending its top diplomat, Sartaj Aziz, was highly debated inside Pakistan. However, most of the media personalities who have understanding of the diplomacy and International relations, endorsed the decision but cautioned Mr. Aziz to get ready for the bumpy ride while in India.  Pakistan’s […]

Time Magazine, in its publication of April 2011, wrote about 10 gambles where Mr. Donald Trump put his name behind and busted.  Those are Trump Airlines, Trump Vodka, The Bankruptcies, The Hair, The Marriages, Trump Mortgage, Trump: The Game, The China Connection, Trump Casinos and The Middle East ‘Policy’. The question is, how, with all […]

The attack on Uri once again exposed the vulnerability and volatility of the region and caused the concerns for not only those who live there or belong to the region but also to those who are far away from there and do not want to see the region in the nuclear holocaust. As expected, the […]

Territorial disputes over the handful of islands of the East and South China Sea have already thrashed relations between China and countries like Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Brunei in recent years. The South China Sea region is the area that is the home to a wealth of natural resources, fisheries, trade routes, and military […]