Author: Imran Khalid
Canada’s political landscape has changed dramatically following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation on Jan. 6 due to mounting crises and declining approval ratings. Despite having a track record of seeing crises through, he has been driven out of office by the deep divisions within his Liberal Party. His forced departure has highlighted a grim reality that his caucus, his party and most of the country have decided to move on without him. Until the next leader of the Liberal Party is chosen, Trudeau will keep functioning as prime minister, a process that is likely to be completed by late March.…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in his campaign, promised the American voters to withdraw the country from power struggles across the globe, protect the American industries by imposing high tariffs and bring back the manufacturing industries. However, his recent comments can be seen as a shift from the non-aggressive foreign policy that he had preached. Trump set social media on fire with his remarks, such as “joking” about Canada being the latest state to be added to the U.S., his threat to take back the Panama Canal and his renewed interest in acquiring Greenland, which is a Danish territory that has…
Pakistan’s political arena now stands at a precarious crossroads. Over the past five decades, the major political players have slipped into decline or teetering on the edge of irrelevance. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), which enjoyed nearly three decades of dominance in Punjab and alternated comfortably between government and opposition, faces the most defining dilemma about its survival. Its credibility started to erode when it entered into a submissive alliance with the military establishment to regain power. This move was taken as a betrayal of the party’s ideology by the grassroots supporters who were disgruntled by the leadership’s pro-establishment approach…
With Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency, the world watches with anticipation and trepidation as he revives his bold promise to end the Ukraine and Middle East crises swiftly. Yet, in China, the focus isn’t merely on these distant conflicts. For Beijing, which had a really tough four years during Trump’s presidential tenure, the most pricking question is how the future of Sino-U.S. relations will unfold under his leadership, with ramifications that may extend far beyond the boundaries of the U.S. and China. U.S. President Joe Biden also continued the containment strategies with the same avidity against China and…
It was expected to happen this way. Very few anticipated that Israel would launch a genuinely destructive attack to “retaliate” for Iran’s Oct. 1 fireworks in Israel. Israel’s response to Iran’s recent provocations was inevitable, but it was not expected to be more than a “limited” surgical strike, aimed primarily at pacifying domestic audiences in Israel – and Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted about destroying missile manufacturing sites, while Tehran claimed the attack had been effectively dismissed. However, neither side has provided tangible evidence or video proof to support their claims. The optics of Iran’s missile strike on…