Globalization Is Not in Retreat By Susan Lund and Laura Tyson
By many standard measures, globalization is in retreat. The 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing recession brought an end to …
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Centralization of power in the executive, politicization of the judiciary, attacks on independent media, the use of public office for …
Read MoreCuba After the Castros By Marguerite Jimenez
Cuba is about to enter a new era. For the first time in nearly 60 years, the country will be …
Read MoreThe Big Shift By Walter Russell Mead
As Americans struggle to make sense of a series of uncomfortable economic changes and disturbing political developments, a worrying picture …
Read MoreHere Are All the Reasons Striking Syria Was a Bad Idea By Ted Galen Carpenter
The air and missile strikes that the United States and its British and French allies launched against Syrian government targets …
Read MoreBack to Brinkmanship By Jacob Heilbrunn
AT THE heart of the original Cold War was nuclear confrontation. In his 1945 essay “You and the Atomic Bomb,” …
Read MoreOur economic quagmire | Editorial
If media reports are to be believed, the value of the US dollar has increased to Rs115 as per the …
Read MoreNuclear waste | Editorial
Last month, the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor, on the banks of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, was found to …
Read MorePakistan and its rural dilemma | Editorial
Poverty has remained Pakistan’s legacy and its quantum has deepened over the years. The country’s poverty crisis is largely concentrated …
Read MoreBombs won’t save Syria’s children Editorial
With so many crazy contradictions illuminated by the rocket’s red glare and the bombs bursting in air over Syria on …
Read MoreChina factor in Afghan peace By Samran Ali
The Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, Li Baodong, speaking at Tashkent Peace Conference on Afghanistan, extended China’s support to the inclusive …
Read MoreThe Indo-Iran Syndrome & Pakistan By Imran Malik
India’s strategic posturing in the IOR continues unabated. Its acquisition of bases/port facilities at Duqm, Oman and Chahbahar, Iran in …
Read MoreInside the Marines’ new mission in Afghanistan: Taking back territory previously won By Dan Lamothe
BOST AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — In a dusty open-air building with houseflies buzzing, Marines here received a call for help. Afghan …
Read MoreTrump and the rest of the world offer little hope for Syrian refugees By Ishaan Tharoor
Speaking to The Washington Post last week, a senior administration official offered a concise version of President Trump’s ideal national-security …
Read MoreLost pluralism in India By Kuldip Nayar
CHIEF Minister Mehbooba Mufti has said that the Kashmiri pundits should visit their place of origin, meaning thereby the valley. …
Read MoreRight to education without discrimination By Naumana Suleman
In March 2018, The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome report of Pakistan’s third Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The …
Read MoreRevisiting refugee question | Editorial
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has confirmed what this country has long known: Pakistan has hosted the …
Read MoreArab League in need of bite | Editorial
The Arab League is threatening to give the United Nations a run for its money to be crowned the most …
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