President Putin is not wrong when he stands up against the encroachment on the Russian sphere of influence

Politics in its current shape in Pakistan is no more than a spectacle or exhibition

Eliciting approval from the domestic audience, building an atmosphere that creates an aura of self-belief

Are we managing our soft power appropriately?

For great powers it is not the humiliation that they suffer, which is important; but more important is their response

Separation of legislation and executive can curtail the abuse of absolute power

The power that China now projects in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific is its strategic necessity

Those attempting to decline the national mood of the country are many and they waste no opportunity

Soft power counts for little without a credible hard power

People are deeply uncertain of what is going right and what is going wrong