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Mehmood Hashim* .................................... 63 Pak-Turkey understanding | Editorial ......................................................................................................... 66 Pak-Afghan Relations Need an Overhaul By Yasub Ali Dogar ..................................................................... 67 Analysing Pakistan-Japan Relations By Dr Khalil-ur-Rahman Shaikh .......................................................... 71 Pak-India Relations | Editorial .................................................................................................................... 78 Improving Diplomatic Relations By Ishaque Khan ...................................................................................... 79 7 Buy CSS Books Online as Cash on Delivery https://cssbooks.net Call/SMS 03336042057 May 2018 New Era of Pakistan-China Relations By Zamir Ahmed Awan .................................................................... 82 Twists, Turns of Pak-America Relations By Salahuddin Haider................................................................... 84 ECONOMY The Budget: Tools For Economic Analysis By Iftikhar Ahmad ..................................................................... 86 The Chabahar Port Project And Afghanistan’s Alternative Approach To Trade – AnalysisBy Jawad Torabi .................................................................................................................................................................... 90 Pakistan, Iran, Central Asia and CPEC By Naveed Aman Khan.................................................................... 93 Economic Survey and the Budget By Dr Pervez Tahir ................................................................................. 95 CPEC, Its Geopolitical Challenges By Muhammad Javed Siddique ............................................................. 97 EDUCATION The Education Conundrum By Shahid Siddiqui ......................................................................................... 100 Education Concerns By Mohammad Ahmed Ikram .................................................................................. 103 Budgeting Education By Mushtaq Rajpar ................................................................................................. 106 New Education Policy Unlikely to Win Green Light By Riazul Haq............................................................ 109 Education on the backbench By Shabana Mahfooz .................................................................................. 111 WORLD Watch Out For Water Wars! By Khalid Saleem......................................................................................... 114 Taking a Cue From The Koreans By Talat Masood .................................................................................... 117 India Poised to Turn SCO into SAARC? By Iqbal Khan ............................................................................... 120 Time for a New U.S. Foreign Policy Narrative By Ian Bremmer and Joe Kennedy III ................................ 123 Here Is Why North Korea Will Give Up Its Nuclear Weapons By Gordon G. Chang ................................. 131 Modi in China and the Future of Sino-Indian Ties By Saadat Hassan ....................................................... 135 Meeting Between Putin And Trump Not Enough To Improve Relations – Analysis ................................. 138 After Obama, a Nobel prize for Trump — or not so Fast? ........................................................................ 143 The US and China Are Finally Having It Out By Thomas L. Friedman ........................................................ 146 Putin to Begin Fourth Term, But What Happens in 2024? ....................................................................... 153 Kim-Trump Summit Faces Big Challenges By Troy Stangarone ................................................................ 156 Trump Has Opened The Door to War By Salman Shoaib .......................................................................... 159 US-China Relations: A New Cold War? By Syed M. Saad Zaidi ................................................................. 161 Trump’s Policies Threaten World Peace By Mohammad Jamil ................................................................ 164 The New World Order: Donald Trump goes it alone By Gideon Rachman ............................................... 167 Carnage in Gaza By Zahid Hussain ............................................................................................................ 172 8 Buy CSS Books Online as Cash on Delivery https://cssbooks.net Call/SMS 03336042057 May 2018 Syria: New Cold War Turning Hot By Tariq Niaz Bhatti ............................................................................. 175 Growing World Disorder By Javid Husain ................................................................................................. 177 A Peaceful North Korea By Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik ................................................................................ 181 Iran Still Implementing Nuclear Deal: IAEA............................................................................................... 183 The Unclimbable Summit | Editorial ......................................................................................................... 186 India’s Fragile Balance Between The US And Russia – Analysis By Luciane Noronha M. de Oliveira ....... 187 Nuclear Supplier Group’s Upcoming Plenary By Beenish Altaf ...............................................................