Eyes on the prize
ahmed sabirThe Nuclear Suppliers Group is a multilateral export control regime and a group of nuclear supplier countries that seek to prevent nuclear proliferation by controlling the export of materials, equipment…
Imran Khan and the state of medina
By Saeed Qureshi Imran Khan's aim and manifesto to turn Pakistan into a later day state of Medina ignores the huge cultural, educational, social, economic technological, scientific and political differences…
New India expects Pak obedience, not camaraderie
It is no big secret that the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a damp squib. The impression becomes unavoidable that the decision to…
Pakistan considering appointing NSA to resume back channel diplomacy with India
Officials said that the government is optimistic on the prospects of resumption of talks given the current hostilities. The Imran Khan-led Pakistan government is actively considering appointing a National Security…
Pakistan’s sea – based nuclear deterrent
A critical review By Hamdan Khan Military Since India and Pakistan became nuclear powers in 1998, South Asia has witnessed a bitter arms race that does not seem to be…
Disastrous decade of democracy & the sorry state of Pakistan
By Simon Templar Thug life is a term used by gangsters to glorify their law breaking, heady crime sprees. Nothing describes the misrule of two successive, so called democratically elected…
The tale of two captains
By General Mirza Aslam Beg Sunday, the 17th June 2019, was eventful, as ground realities converged at a tipping point where the Two Captains Imran and Sarfraz stood facing difficult…
On the occasion of Yome Takbeer, Rabita Forum International organized a seminar Nuclear Deterrence & Security Stability in South Asia
On 25 May 2019 Vice Admiral Arifullah Hussaini, Prof. Dr. Shaeshta Tabbasum , Prof. Shujaat Hussain , Imteiaz Faran and Nusrat Mirza spoke on the topic. Vice Admiral® Arifullah Hussaini…
Nuclear deterrence in South Asia
Dr. Shaista Tabassum Professor & Chairperson, Department of International Relations,University of Karachi,Pakistan. In South Asia the deterrence is actually the equilibrium working as a promise for peace and stability of…
Fresh IMF deal a ‘political blow’ to Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Pakistan has secured a multibillion-dollar bailout package from the IMF in a desperate attempt to get out of a crippling economic situation. But the road to strengthen the nation's finances…