The term BRIC was originally coined by Jim O’Neill, an economist at Goldman Sachs in 2001 to describe fast growing economies – Brazil, Russia, India and China – that he predicted would collectively dominate the global economy by 2050. Leaders of these four countries turned Goldman Sachs’ economic concept into a political entity by convening […]
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by M. Saeed Khalid A Concise History by Abdul Sattar Fourth Edition(Oxford Paperbacks) Pakistan’s trials, tribulations and achievements in foreign relations were first comprehensively analysed by the country’s former Foreign Minister, Abdul Sattar, in his book “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy” published in 2006. In its foreword, Agha Shahi, one of the most outstanding Pakistani diplomats, wrote
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by M Saeed Khalid* *The author is a former Ambassador of Pakistan. The six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has registered a quantum leap by admitting Pakistan and India as full members. Few would have missed the irony of South Asia’s feuding neighbors taking seats at the organization’s summit held in Astana (Kazakhstan) in June 2017,
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by M Saeed Khalid* *The author is a former Ambassador of Pakistan to the European Union. June 23, 2016 will go down in history as the day of the great setback to the project of European integration, launched after WWII and nurtured over the next 70 years. A majority of UK voters wanted their country
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