Another US volte-face in Afghanistan? | Editorial
Mar 20,18
Unannounced visits to Kabul, especially in the dead of night, by US generals, both serving and retired ones holding official …
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Mar 19,18During his recent visit to China, a senator claimed knowing that there was no mention of the western route in …
Read MoreSaudi Arabia’s dramatic changes By Talat Masood
Mar 19,18The young and dynamic Prince Mohammad bin Salman — the virtual Saudi ruler — had come to realise that his …
Read MoreDe-radicalising face of Pakistan By Gulshan Rafiq
Mar 19,18Radicalisation has risen as a gigantic challenge for Pakistani society. It is by and large accepted to be activated by …
Read MoreSyria conflict rages as war enters eighth year
Mar 17,18Syria’s lacerating conflict entered its eighth year on Thursday with the country riven by international power struggles, as Turkey encircled …
Read MoreStruggle vs terror By Salman Tarik Kureshi
Mar 17,18“ONE man’s terrorist,” goes the received wisdom, “Is another’s freedom fighter”. But this is foggy thinking, the kind of value …
Read MoreGuns or books By Zubeida Mustafa
Mar 17,18THE infamous legacy of ‘enforced disappearances’ that the Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet left behind has, unfortunately, been picked up …
Read MoreThe Truth About the Two-Degree Target By Ted Nordhaus
Mar 17,18Upon reading Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer Morgan’s response (“Don’t Abandon the Paris Temperature Target,” February 28) to my recent …
Read MoreHow to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal By Ilan Goldenberg and Elizabeth Rosenberg
Mar 17,18After a year of complaining about the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), …
Read MoreThe Post-American World Economy By Adam S. Posen
Mar 17,18In the aftermath of World War II, the United States set about building a global, rules-based economic order. At the …
Read MoreWhat a U.S.–North Korean Summit Means for Japan By Sheila A. Smith
Mar 16,18hen news broke on March 8 that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim …
Read MoreA U.S. Containment Strategy for Syria By Aaron Stein
Mar 16,18The United States’ interests in Syria lie in formalizing its battlefield gains with a negotiated settlement and then leaving the …
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Read MorePakistan’s Nuclear Diplomacy | Munir Akram
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Read MoreRelations: Iran and Pakistan | Yasmeen Aftab Ali
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Read MoreBhutto & US Nuclear Politics | Rabia Akhtar
Jun 21,16ZULFIQAR Ali Bhutto’s ‘eating grass’ comment after the 1965 Indo-Pak war is famously related to his determination to nuclearise Pakistan. …
Read MoreTwo Years of Zarb-e-Azb — What Next?
Jun 21,16Pakistan is relatively a safer place today than it was before the launch of Operation Zarb-e-Azb on June 15, 2014. …
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