report in The News, Dec 18, 2023Functioning as a security state, Pakistan has long formulated its foreign policy choices based on security needs and the aspiration to establish itself as a hard military power, says a report by a US-based think tank. According to Middle East Institute’s report, the approach has allowed the military to play a leading role in shaping both domestic and foreign policy decisions, often overshadowing civilian institutions. However, with changing global…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, November 13th, 2023QUETTA: The political landscape of Balochistan seems to be undergoing a shift again, with several key figures who had recently aligned with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) now moving towards the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which has recently been labelled with the epithet “king’s party” by its foes and some past allies. The departure of Mir Saleem Ahmed Khoso — a former minister in Jam Kamal Khan Alyani’s…
By Gagani Weerakoon in Ceylon Today, Nov 4.2023Higher echelons of the Government have issued directives to the committee, appointed to prepare a strategic plan for country’s national security, to submit their preliminary report to President Ranil Wickremesinghe within six months. Chief of Staff and Adviser on National Security Sagala Ratnayake has said instructions were given to prepare a strategic plan for the security of the country’s land and ocean, which should be given at the…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Nov 2, 2023China’s Sinopec is to make an initial investment of US$1.5 billion, the single largest foreign direct investment (FDI), in building a refinery in Hambantota once the agreement is finalized within the next two weeks, a top source said. It remained a foregone conclusion in political circles that the company would be awarded the project, though the government says it is open to any company participating in the…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 3, 2023The United Nations in Afghanistan on Monday released its Strategic Framework for Afghanistan for the period 2023-2025, outlining the UN’s approach to addressing basic human needs in the country. The UN’s new strategic Framework prioritizes the needs and rights of those most vulnerable, including women and girls, children and youth, internally displaced persons, returnees, refugees, and ethnic and religious minorities, the statement said. “Our Strategic Framework…
Myth and reality of strategic defiance
Dr Moonis Ahmar in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2023.The writer is former Dean Faculty of Social Science, University of KarachiThe myth of strategic defiance in the aftermath of the Israeli retaliation to Hamas’s attacks of October 7 was exposed when no Arab-Muslim state came into the forefront to salvage the beleaguered Palestinian population of Gaza and West Bank. Strategic defiance against the Israeli occupation and attacks was periodically asserted by the so-called allies of…