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By Umair Jamal ...................... 51 Can 2018 Be Any Different? By Talat Masood ............................................................................................ 54 India Accusation Of Disrespect | Editorial .................................................................................................. 57 ECONOMY Iran-Pakistan Ties: Impact on CPEC By Asia Maqsood ................................................................................ 59 Rupee’s Devaluation Dilemma | Editorial................................................................................................... 62 Pakistan’s Economic Promise By Munir Akram .......................................................................................... 63 Tehran won’t allow India to use Chabahar port to undermine Pakistan, say Iranian diplomats By Kamran Yousaf .......................................................................................................................................................... 67 Fiscal Outcome 1st Quarter, 2017-18 By Dr Hafiz A Pasha ......................................................................... 69 CPEC: The Long-Term Plan by Ahsan Iqbal ................................................................................................. 73 Yuan Proposal Puzzles Financial Circles By Khurram Husain ...................................................................... 77 Outlook Uncertain | Editorial ..................................................................................................................... 80 6 Buy CSS Books online as Cash on Delivery http://cssbooks.net Call/SMS 03336042057 December 2017 CPEC, SCO Side By Side | Editorial .............................................................................................................. 81 EDUCATION Higher Education: The glass Ceiling By Irum Maqbool ............................................................................... 83 Higher Purposes of a University Education By Dr S Zulfiqar Gilani ............................................................. 86 Uniform System of Education For Pakistan By Abdul Hadi Imran .............................................................. 88 Quality of Literature Counts, Not Language By Farrukh Kamrani............................................................... 92 Education Crisis | Editorial .......................................................................................................................... 95 WORLD What We Really Know About North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons By Siegfried S. Hecker ............................. 97 The Jerusalem Decision | Editorial ........................................................................................................... 103 Concluded War Against IS? | Editorial ...................................................................................................... 105 Time for OIC to act | Editorial ................................................................................................................... 106 Russian Advice For India | Editorial .......................................................................................................... 107 Putin’s Plan For Syria By Dmitri Trenin ..................................................................................................... 108 How America Became An Imperial Power By Dr. Syed Amir .................................................................... 112 Trump, Jerusalem and the OIC Summit by Sajjad Haider ......................................................................... 117 Palestine and peace by Ashraf Jehangir Qazi ............................................................................................ 119 Trump’s Afghan policy and ground realities by Mohammad Jamil .......................................................... 122 Another US Policy Flip-Flop | Editorial ..................................................................................................... 125 Climate Change: A Soft Threat By Zile Huma ............................................................................................ 126 USA Against The World | Editorial ............................................................................................................ 129 America Is Heading for an Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis By Max Boot ........................................ 131 Finding Balance in KSA-Iran Tussle By Junaid Ali Malik ............................................................................ 135 US Isolates Itself | Editorial ....................................................................................................................... 137 Middle East in 2018: A look at Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Syria and Iraq .................................................... 138 The United States Should Resolve to Avoid War With North Korea in 2018 By Colin Kahl ...................... 143 ‘America First’? So Far, Trump’s Foreign Policy Mostly Puts America Last. By Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky ....................................................................................................................................... 149 7 Buy CSS Books online as Cash on Delivery http://cssbooks.net Call/SMS 03336042057 December 2017 PAKISTAN Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Relations By Shahid M Amin MAINTAINING close friendship with Saudi Arabia has long been a pillar of Pakistan’s foreign policy. No doubt, Pakistan has friendly relations with many countries in the world. In the Muslim world, relations with Turkey eg have been exemplary. However, friendship with Saudi Arabia covers strategic, military and economic interests of a magnitude not found in Pakistan’s relationship with any other country, except for China. The foundation for Pakistan’s friendship with Saudi Arabia is, of course, the Pakistani people’s strong attachment to Islam. They deeply respect Saudi Arabia as birthplace of Islam where its two holiest cities are located. Millions of Pakistanis visit Saudi Arabia each year for pilgrimage and other reasons. Since the emergence of Pakistan, close ties have existed between the two countries. Saudi Arabia supported Pakistan in the two wars with India in 1965 and 1971. It stood squarely behind Pakistan on the post-1971 War issues like return of PoWs and non-recognition of Bangladesh. It has always supported Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. When there was Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan in 1980, Pakistan