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Pakistan’s Untapped Soft Power Potential
Pakistan’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Imran Khan has grown more proactive as Pakistan has responded directly to international trends. Diplomatically, Pakistan has become vocal about global issues such as climate change and Islamophobia. Its strong response to the latest…
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…
Comparing India and Pakistan’s Approaches to a Possible Iran-Saudi Rapprochement
A few months into President Biden’s presidential term, reports emerged that Saudi Arabia and Iran, traditional adversaries, were now sitting across the table in Baghdad negotiating improvement in ties. A few days later, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince…
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:…