Arif Ansar is chief analyst at PoliTact, a Washington-based futurist advisory firm (www.PoliTact.com). He can be reached at: [email protected], and on Twitter at: @ArifAnsar.
Understanding the bigger picture As the concentration of Pakistan and the world was focused on the Karachi airport attack, alarming questions were raised once again. Some of these are concerning the next<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/06/14/karachi-airport-attack-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Crisis management for the future International relations usually move at a steady pace, but from time to time game changing events prompt a rethink in global affairs. 9/11, and subsequent operations<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/11/managing-the-rise-of-china/" title="Read more" >...</a>
What happens in Afghanistan will impact Pakistan’s handling of its insurgency The demands and expectations for a military operation in North Waziristan have arisen a number of times in the past.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/03/03/strategic-considerations/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Preventing the next regional conflictPakistan certainly seems to be passing through one of it toughest phases, with turmoil internally and in the neighbourhood. Since the dismemberment of the countr
For the status quo or change? Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal made a surprising and alarming announcement last week. He declared that King Abdullah has called for an emergency session of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/08/06/call-for-an-oic-summit/" title="Read more" >...</a>
On the ascent of the Muslim Brotherhood in EgyptEnding months and decades of speculations, the Muslim Brotherhood has finally emerged triumphant by working within the Egyptian system. Traditionally
The Arab Spring is now well underway and appears to have spread to other continents as well. Early signs of a European Spring are visible in UK and Greece, and there is an American version in the form
