The shame in Chicago
ahmed sabirMunir Akram A surprise awaited at the summit. President Obama refused to meet the Pakistan president 'one-to-one' unless Pakistan agreed to the immediate release of all the 'held up' cargo…
NEWS IN BRIEF
PAKISTAN Red Cross cuts operations across Pakistan following Khalil Dale murder The International Committee of the Red Cross has announced it has recalled foreign staff to the Pakistani capital Islamabad…
Debating the ethics of drone strikes
It took a long time coming, but John Brennan, the United States' counter-terrorism chief, finally confirmed what was essentially Washington's worst kept secret - the US has been using armed…
Seminar by Rabita Forum International FMCT & International Relations
Dr. Huma Baqai FMCT & international relations • Nuclear weapons were always a threat to mankind. They are seen as game changers now • The emergence of conflict between state…
Tactical nuclear weapon Deterrence stability between India and Pakistan
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal Associate Professor School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad India and Pakistan relations have been fraught with conflict since 1947. New Delhi's recent doctrinal…
FMCT (Fissile Material Cut Off Treaty) Problems and Prospects Is it discrminatiorory and Pakistan specific?
Dr. Zafar Iqbal Cheema FMCT: an introduction The fissile material cutoff treaty (FMCT) is a proposed multilateral treaty to prohibit the future production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. The…
Quest for an equitable FMCT
Dr. Tanvir Ahmad Khan (This article is an edited version of the transcript of a presentation made at the Rabita Forum International seminar on FMCT-Problems and Prospects held in Islamabad…
Why Pakistan should not sign FMCT?
Dr. Shaista Tabbasum After the use of nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Nagasaki the policy of nuclear non-proliferation was introduced mainly by the United States. The policy was meant to discourage…
Pakistan’s political whodunit
Ishtiaq Ali Mehkri Politicians in Pakistan are back to their erstwhile business of foul-mouthing. The marriage of connivance is, thus, unravelling. The so-called political reconciliation, which was thrust upon the…
Humiliation for Petraeus
Despite Troop Surge, Taliban Attacks and US Casualties Soared Gareth Porter Data on attacks by armed opposition forces and U.S. combat casualties since the U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan was…