Category Archives: Pakistan Foreign Policy

By Palwasha Khan

Now that the US is officially and formally talking with the Taliban, including initiating swap arrangements for some of the most notorious Continue reading →

Ajaz Ashraf

President Asif Ali Zardari flew to India at a time the relationship had some of its lights flickering and a wind, albeit weak, in its sail, evident from the tuning down of shrill rhetoric over the last two years and progress in trade relations. Continue reading →

By Dr Tariq Rahman

We know who does not! The Foreign Office certainly does not and the civilian governments also do not. Or, if they do, they control those aspects of foreign policy which do not deal with India, the United States and Kashmir. And if you classify nuclear weapons as a foreign policy issue, then once again, the government does not control them. So then, those who do control these crucial issues of foreign policy are the top leadership of the army, the intelligence agencies and pressure groups in Pakistan. Continue reading →

By Shahid Javed Burki

It should be a matter of great concern in Pakistan that the country’s leadership remains totally oblivious to the fact that the global economic and political order is being slowly reshaped. Islamabad is too concerned with the domestic economic and political situation to have the time, or the inclination, to raise its sights beyond its borders. Continue reading →

By Saroop Ijaz

Reportedly, when the relationship between China and the USSR was at its most tense and just before the Continue reading →

By Tariq Fatemi

While the rest of the world is engaged in strengthening relations even with distant countries and establishing new economic partnerships, we remain mired in historic rivalries that are often nourished by historic memories and unrealistic estimations of our own strength.
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By Khaled Ahmed

It was bound to happen sooner or later. Our foreign policy is now being handled by our parliament after the elected government couldn’t wrest its control from the army. Continue reading →

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

AMONG the many unfathomable adages that abound in Pakistan is that of our unbreakable bond with China. If India-bashing is our national pastime, then extolling the virtues of our great friend to the north comes to us almost as naturally.
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