Columnist
Umar Karim
Umar Karim is a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses on the evolution of Saudi Arabia’s strategic outlook, the Saudi-Iran tussle, the conflict in Syria, and the geopolitics of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. @UmarKarim89
Latest Published
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Revolutionizing Pakistan's defense diplomacy through civil-military partnership
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TTP's survival in Afghanistan after US-Taliban agreement
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India’s soft underbelly
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Pakistan’s soap opera exports are important tools for soft power
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Pakistan Day Parade and the Failure of Diplomatic Isolation
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A Rising Security Partnership
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The year that was and the year that will be for Pakistan’s changing foreign policy
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Fragile Pakistan-US relations crucial to ending Afghan conflict
- Umar Karim
Pakistan’s ties with Gulf states: A rapprochement with the UAE in the offing
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Why an extradition treaty no cause for concern for Dar or the Sharifs
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Pakistan reconnects with its friends in the Gulf
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In Pakistan’s time of need, Saudi Arabia has been a friend indeed

