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1 month ago | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
If a country is blessed with leaders who possess visionary, strategic statesmanship and make correct and timely decisions, then it cannot end up as a failing or failed state. Strategic statesmanship is a quality which reflects a leadership's capability to pull a nation out from grave crisis and conflict.
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1 month ago | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
In a recent episode of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, the renowned analyst quoted the defence minister of Singapore as stating that, "the image of the United States has changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent." He noted that in the last few weeks, Trump's administration has triggered a revolution in foreign policy by abandoning its ally Ukraine for a substantial share in mineral wealth.
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1 month ago | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
On February 28, history was made in Bangladesh when student activists who spearheaded a movement against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched a new political party – the National Citizens Party (NCP). The Monsoon Revolution, led by these students, pledged to end dynastic politics and uphold the key principles of the 1971 liberation war, namely equality, human dignity and social justice.
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1 month ago | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
In an informal meeting held in Riyadh on February 21 under the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, participants from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Egypt and Jordan discussed the future of Gaza. The meeting also discussed the weird proposal of President Donald Trump to relocate 2.3 million Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan.
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1 month ago | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
John Bolton, the national security adviser during the first Trump administration, believes that "Trump has effectively surrendered before Putin before negotiations have begun on Ukraine." In an interview with CNN, Bolton also lamented that Trump had reversed American position that Ukraine should be returned to full sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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2 months ago | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
A positive transformation in the ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh is the need of the hour. Attempts made by the two sides in the past to mend fences failed to bear fruit because of the 1971 events, as also mentioned by Bangladesh Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus during his meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Cairo last December.
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2 months ago | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
Why does Pakistan lack strategic pragmatism? And how can the country deal with the serious domestic and foreign policy challenges coming up in 2025? If there is an absence of a culture of seeking pragmatic solutions to contentious issues, those who wield power come up with superficial narratives to deal with economic, political, security, environmental and governance challenges, only to result in perpetuation of the challenges.
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2 months ago | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
The defeat of Donald Trump in November 2020 elections didn't reverse the ideology of Trumpism but gave it widespread power and legitimacy in 2024 polls. Within few days after taking oath, Trump issued hundreds of executive orders ranging from domestic to foreign policy matters which also raised controversies. Focusing on curbing illegal immigrants, the American President, in his executive order instructed relevant authorities to deport them to their country of origin.
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2 months ago | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
On the south lawns of White House on September 15, 2020, Israel, Bahrain and the UAE signed a landmark accord to establish diplomatic relations among them under the mediation of the then US President Donald Trump. Later Morocco and Sudan also recognised Israel, thus giving a wider legitimacy to the Jewish state under what is called Abraham Accords.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
tribune.com.pk | Moonis Ahmar
Pakistan and Bangladesh, after years of adversarial relations between them during the regime of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now seek to mend fences. Economic diplomacy is one area which can set the ball rolling in pursuit of normalisation of ties between the two countries. After all, we have seen cricket, ping pong and mango diplomacies achieve desired results. Focusing on economic diplomacy, Pakistan and Bangladesh can expect qualitative breakthrough in the bilateral relations.
