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Inter-state relations under complex interdependence by Dr Raza Khan Topic:  Inter-state relations under complex interdependence Writter:  Dr Raza Khan Publish Date:  Sunday,  17 December 2017 Published on :  The Express Tribune Inter-state relations under complex interdependence Since time immemorial human societies have been interacting unabatedly. In every epoch the nature, direction and frequency of this interaction has been different, largely depending on political organisation on the international level. With the establishment of modern nation-state system, international interaction and consequent interdependence became more organised, bound by legal procedures and largely difficult. As the nation-state system kept on evolving and becoming more rigid, the international interdependence assumed as somewhat unidirectional nature. The state to state interaction during the period between establishment of the system and the beginnin...

Of Trump and Jerusalem by Anjum Niaz Topic:  Of Trump and Jerusalem Writter:  Anjum Niaz Publish Date:  Sunday,  17 December 2017 Published on :  The Express Tribune ''Of Trump and Jerusalem'' Amal Habibi is an owner of a hotel near Jerusalem’s ‘al Quds’. I stayed there when I was in Israel-held Jerusalem. Her recent email to me laments how Donald Trump has forever killed their hopes of having East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine. “He’s converted our Holy Land into a war zone,” she writes. Many American tourists stay in this hotel. They tell Amal that they are ashamed of their president whose latest target is a female senator in the US Congress just because she supports the 16 Trump accusers of sexual harassment and that he must resign. Trump retaliates with a ‘slut-shaming’ tweet about the senator. The  USA Today hits back with a scathing editorial, “A president who would all but call Sen Kirsten Gillibrand a whore is not fit to c...

Minutes from Doomsday by  Zamir Akram Topic:  Minutes from Doomsday Writter:  Zamir Akram Publish Date:  Sunday,  17 December 2017 Published on :  The Express Tribune Minutes from Doomsday The doomsday clock, maintained by the Science and Security Board of American Scientists since 1947, hypothetically denotes the impending time from global nuclear catastrophe. The closer the minute hand is to midnight, the greater the danger of Armageddon. Re-set every year-end, in 2017 the clock is two and a half minutes from midnight — the closest since the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis at the height of the Cold War. The reason is the growing danger of nuclear war between North Korea and the US ever since the election of President Trump. Given the increasing confrontation between Washington and Pyongyang, the slightest miscalculation or mishap by either side could escalate into nuclear war. Therefore, it is very likely that the clock will be moved further towa...