Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi The writer is an independent ‘IR’ researcher and international law analyst based in Pakistan The myth of strategic stability/instability in South Asia (part-1) on February 27, 2020 Recently a seasoned Pakistani strategist Lieutenant General (retd) Khalid Kidwai, Advisor, National Command Authority( NCA); and former Director-General, Strategic Plans Division, Pakistan, gave the Keynote Address at the Workshop on ‘South Asian Strategic Stability: Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control’, hosted by the London- based International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). Lt General Khalid Kidwai […] UN role is alive on Kashmir: the truth international law proclaims on February 20, 2020 Addressing a joint news conference during his current visit to Pakistan, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged for full respect to human and fundamental rights in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) and implementation of the relevant UN resolutions on the issue. As for the BJP or the Modi’s regime, it could have made an adventure […] UK parts with EU: a fading dream of European unity? on February 13, 2020 Officially, the UK remains separated from the EU on January 31, albeit a complete withdrawal process will take further negotiations for a few more months. Though the bonds of 47 years of relationship between the EU and the UK have after all lost their historical moorings, yet for both sides, the choice to part with […] Trump-Netanyahu’s annexationist plan: false dawn in Mideast on February 6, 2020 US President Donald Trump’s wishful plan or the so-called deal of the century– to settle the long-simmering Israeli-Palestinian conflict — has almost no chance of working. That’s simply because the Palestinians have nothing to gain from it. None of the pressing issues including the return of towns and villages occupied by Israel, the right of […] European diplomatic offensive on India’s ultra vires acts on January 30, 2020 On January 29, the European Parliament is scheduled to debate and vote on a scathing resolution against the Modi government in India. The resolution– which has been drafted and supported by lawmakers from six major European political groups of the 27-member body–has called on the European Union and its member states to denounce India’s ultra […] Trump’s impeachment challenge on January 22, 2020 Apparently, President Trump has appeared distracted because of the impeachment trial that began on Tuesday. “Why are they doing this to me,” the source quoted Trump as saying repeatedly, telling people around him this weekend at Mar-a-Lago that he “can’t understand why he is impeached.” Congressional Democrats have fundamentally charged Donald Trump’s conduct in the […] US-Iran-Israel conflict: impact on the region & int’l law on January 15, 2020 An unjustly targeted killing of the Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani by the US drone attack inside Iraq has triggered a dramatic escalation in the confrontation between the U.S. and Iran. As for Iran, theU.S. killing of QassemSoleimani, Iran’s most powerful figure after its supreme leader, is rightly seen as an act of war crimethat […] Installation of lethal weapons: India’s harrowing game on January 9, 2020 AJK President Sardar Masood Khan said that the Indians have installed lethal weapons at the Line of Control, which is clearly reflective of the Modi government’s aggressive designs against Pakistan. The current government in India has demonstrated its willingness to take considerable risks, including in the February 2019 crisis. Moreover, New Delhi’s August 2019 decision […] FATF: Challenges for global South & Pakistan on January 6, 2020 The international anti-money laundering watchdog-FATF is committed to deter the flow of black money in the international market and to curb the cult of terrorism– caused by financial assistance both regionally and globally. Since its genesis in 1989, the FATF body is busy in exploiting the task of marinating transparent norms, stipulations and by-laws that […] FATF CHALLENGES on January 4, 2020 The international anti-money laundering watchdog-FATF is committed to deter the flow of black money in the international market and to curb the cult of terrorism– caused by financial assistance both regionally and globally. Since its genesis in 1989, the FATF body is busy in exploiting the task of marinating transparent norms, stipulations and by-laws that […]