Pakistan’s GSP+: Trade Success but Human Rights Failure
BRUSSELS: It has been over a decade since Pakistan was granted the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status by…
Southeast Asia’s Choices and Australia’s Regional Future in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific region experienced a major shift in strategic dynamics in 2025, as China and Japan intensified their rivalry, making…
The India-Israel relationship pivotal for global security
NEW DELHI/TEL AVIV: In a year when West Asia is marked by hostage negotiations, drone warfare and relentless diplomatic brinkmanship,…
Bout returns:Artist, politician or merchant of death
MOSCOW: In 2025 Viktor Bout occupies a space that is as contradictory as it is revealing of the geopolitical moment….
EU’s Pakistan Dilemma: Strategic Patience or Policy Abdication?
Despite stifling of human rights, violence against minorities and a former Prime Minister in prison on politically trumped up charges,…
Sikh pilgrimage in Pakistan under controversy again
AMRITSAR: The disappearance and subsequent conversion of Indian pilgrim Sarabjeet Kaur during a recent Sikh pilgrimage to Pakistan has triggered…
Estonia & Lithuania, strategies on dealing with China
TALLIN: As the debate intensifies within the Estonian government over whether to permit Taiwan to open a representative office in…
Pakistan’s Espionage on Russian Defence Technology and Geopolitical Ramifications
Russian authorities executed a major counter-espionage operation that exposed and thwarted a Pakistani spy network run by the Inter-Services Intelligence…
Protests rock Bangladesh against Yunus’s empty promises
DHAKA: More than a year after Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh’s interim administration, public frustration is spilling…
Four countries to challenge EU on immigration quotas
BRUSSELS: Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are preparing to challenge the EU over a new system of migration…
