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The New Great Game The writer is Dean Social Sciences at Garrison University Lahore and tweets @Dr M Ali Ehsan The Great Game is famous for being the political, diplomatic and military confrontation that was played for most of the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. The two actors that played the game were Russian and British empires, and the grand strategy both employed during the Great Game was to seek influence and control in Afghanistan as well as the neighboring territories in Central and So...

The failing political system The writer is Dean Social Sciences at Garrison University Lahore and tweets @Dr M Ali Ehsan The dismal performance of PTI in the by-election of NA-249 Karachi is reflective of the growing under-confidence and distrust that people are increasingly demonstrating on the ability of the PTI government to address their woes. PPP won this seat after a huge gap of 23 years. Given the general disinterest and low turnout of voters in this by-election, it will be difficult fo...

Cold War rivals Pakistan and Russia seek enduring partnership Recent visit by Russian FM termed strategically important, and a game-changer in the geo-politics of this region The writer is Dean Social Sciences at Garrison University Lahore and tweets @Dr M Ali Ehsan The recent visit by the Russian Foreign Minister to Pakistan is being termed strategically very important, and a likely game-changer in the geo-politics of this region. Pakistan is most certainly on the threshold of building a new ...

Politics of short-sightedness and short-termism As surprising and welcoming was the thaw observed in Pak-India relations its meltdown was equally tragic The writer is Dean Social Sciences at Garrison University Lahore and tweets @Dr M Ali Ehsan Lately a welcome thaw was observed in the Pakistan-India relations but as surprising and welcoming was its inception so was its tragic meltdown and early departure. The short-term and quick defrosting of our bilateral relationship hinged on some small m...

Is China the greatest geopolitical challenge of 21st century? US policy against China unlikely to showcase any major change On 3 rd March, the US issued an ‘Interim National Security Strategic Guidance’ — the first formal foreign policy doctrinal statement by the Biden administration. Reading it, one cannot miss its three outstanding and prominent features: one, US policy against China is not likely to showcase any major change, and President Joe Biden may rather continue with the tough s...

Political integrity was never set as an achievable benchmark by politics in Pakistan

Democracy's fate depends on many factors but it most crucially depends on behaviour of political leaders, parties

The political pressure created by the PDM movement and will lose the public support

The changing relationships The writer is Dean Social Sciences at Garrison University Lahore and tweets @Dr M Ali Ehsan From time to time all relationships need review, repair and recalibration. Whether personal or inter-state, relationships must adjust, adapt and evolve in the light of changing realities. The Indo-Pak relations are very important as any twists and turns in these relations affect the lives of 1.6 billion people constituting about 21% of the global population. And when the popul...

Winners and losers of ‘Pakistani Spring’ Imran Khan’s reformist govt, despite many mistakes, continues to create new winners and losers in Pakistani politics The writer is Dean Social Sciences at Garrison University Lahore and tweets @Dr M Ali Ehsan One good way to determine how calm and stress-less a society is to know how much music (music and not noise) is being heard by how many people. For a society to transform and become a society that is no more shackled but open, ‘hearing good...