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Realizing the U.S.-Pakistan Geoeconomic Pivot
In his recent visit to the United States, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met with Pakistani-American entrepreneurs in New York to encourage foreign investment in Pakistan. Over the past few months, numerous high-level officials in Pakistan’s government, including National…
Nepal’s Devastating Second COVID-19 Wave: Internal Political Turmoil and Ignored Pleas for International Support
More than 87 percent of globally administered vaccines have gone to high and upper-middle-income countries, and low-income countries such as Nepal constitute just 0.2 percent of the 700 million doses. The distribution of vaccines has only exacerbated the vast existing…
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s initial successes in curbing COVID-19 spread a year ago are now a distant memory. The Sri Lankan government hoped to vaccinate at least 60 percent of its adult population by the end of the year. Like most other…
COVID-19 Vaccination in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is in the first phase of a COVID-19 vaccine rollout, having received only a half million doses of vaccines from India, and 468 thousand under the COVAX program, while around 35 million people are in the queue to receive…
پاکستان کے لیے سیاحت بطور سافٹ پاور
فروری میں جب کے-ٹو پہاڑ کو موسم سرما میں سر کرنے والے تین کوہ پیماؤں کی جان بچانے کے لیے آپریشن کی خبریں آن لائن پھیلیں تو اس نے پاکستان کے حوالے سے ایک اہم رخ کو بھی نمایاں کیا:…
India’s COVID-19 Tragedy
As of early April, India has been experiencing a heart-wrenching second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. India's case and death rates are currently the highest in the world, and show no signs of abating. There are reports actual rates may…