Globalization’s Wrong Turn | And How It Hurt America By Dani Rodrik
Globalization is in trouble. A populist backlash, personified by U.S. President Donald Trump, is in full swing. A simmering trade …
Read MoreDemocracy Demotion| How the Freedom Agenda Fell Apart By Larry Diamond
For three decades beginning in the mid-1970s, the world experienced a remarkable expansion of democracy—the so-called third wave—with authoritarian regimes …
Read MoreThe Self-Destruction of American Power By Fareed Zakaria
Sometime in the last two years, American hegemony died. The age of U.S. dominance was a brief, heady era, about …
Read MoreMecca Summits: Triumph of vision and political insight By Omar Farooqui
From the Treaty of Hudaibiya to the recent Mecca Summit, it is the message that has triumphed for centuries. Call …
Read MoreIs the peace initiative slipping out of the US grip? | Editorial
Much time has elapsed since the commencement of negotiations between the USA and the Taliban. Their respective positions have also …
Read MoreOIC politicking | Editorial
UNITY in the Muslim world has been a distant dream, with sectarian, nationalist and other factors often cropping up to …
Read MoreRising Tensions | Editorial
The ongoing year began with rising diplomatic friction between Washington and Tehran. Having pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal …
Read MoreIndia’s hardest fall By A. Rehman
BY giving Modi’s BJP a landslide victory, the Indian electorate has dealt its country a blow that might take a …
Read MoreOIC Summit | Editorial
The Prime Minister will leave for Makkah, heading a delegation to the special OIC Summit on Friday. The summit will …
Read MoreThe Last War—and the Next | Learning the Wrong Lessons From Iraq By Jon Finer
Earlier this year, the U.S. Army published two volumes that amount to the most comprehensive official history of the Iraq …
Read MoreAmerica’s wars, without winning By News desk
AMERICA has been engaged in expensive wars during and after the Cold War but it lost all wars and this …
Read MoreBeijing vs Washington a.k.a Socialism vs Capitalism By Keyu Chen
The China-U.S. “ideological clash” has been continuing to make headlines since the fiery speech delivered by the U.S. vice president …
Read MoreFact: America Has Spent 200 Years Pushing for Free Trade with China By Salvatore Babones
The United States has been big in China right from the beginning. Not the beginning of China, which is traditionally …
Read MoreThe beginning of a new Cold War By Shahid Javed Burki
Since I live in Washington, I am a diligent reader of the American press. I follow the stories that directly …
Read MoreWhy US is in a better position to negotiate with Taliban? | Azhar Azam
Once an old Afghan described the mythical creation of Afghanistan “When Allah had made the rest of the world, He …
Read MoreCornered by terror | Faisal Ali Raja
The regional policy landscape is being shaped by terror events across the globe. From terror incidents in desert stretches of …
Read MoreA War With Iran Would Further Destabilize the Region | By Shams uz Zaman
Just months before the neo-cons in the U.S. administration were preparing the grounds for invading Iraq, Secretary General of Arab …
Read MoreUS-Iran tensions | Editorial
Foul play has revived tensions between the US and Iran. Earlier in the month, a shipment of oil was intentionally …
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