The Afghan factor in Pak-US relations By Kahkashan Noor
Historically, Pakistan-US relations– which are as old as Pakistan itself– have never been consistent. There exist various episodes of convergence …
Read MoreAnother Arab Spring By Shahid Javed Burki
The Arab Spring is back in 2019, eight years after its first manifestation. The ruling establishments as well as the …
Read MoreThe Battle for India’s Soul By Milan Vaishnav
On May 19, voting will end in the last phase of India’s mammoth general election. Over the five and a …
Read MoreKim Jong-Un Is Meeting World Leaders, But Does It Matter – Analysis By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
As leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un’s track record in international relations has been virtually unprecedented. On April 25, he …
Read MoreWhy Turkey And America Cannot Compromise In Syria – Analysis By Aaron Stein
After three days of talks in Turkey, representatives from Washington and Ankara failed to reach agreement on the terms of …
Read MoreThe Existential Crisis Of Global Warming And Carbon Capture – OpEd By Dr. Arshad M. Khan
If we care about our earth (and the readers here are most likely to) the story is quite simple: We …
Read MorePentagon Doesn’t Want To Report On Its Failed War In Afghanistan – OpEd By Ryan McMaken
The US military’s Afghanistan operation is going so well, the US military wants to stop telling you about it. According …
Read MoreOn North Korea, a Return to Fire and Fury Isn't Worth The Risks By Doug Bandow
A couple of years ago the Trump administration seemingly brought the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war. The president …
Read MoreWhen Modi is defeated By Jawed Naqvi
IT is distinctly possible that Narendra Modi won’t be the next prime minister, and Rahul Gandhi is not the only …
Read MoreCooperative counter-terrorism strategy By Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Tehran to cultivate a better understanding of the Iranian leadership, which is imperative to combat …
Read MoreThe "Clash of Civilizations" Model is a Poor Fit for Conflicts in East Asia By Robert E. Kelly
Kiron Skinner, the Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department, ignited a controversy last week when she analogized …
Read MoreIran’s withdrawal from NPT By Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’s credibility will be immensely undermined with the withdrawal of Iran. The critical examination of Arab nations …
Read MoreWar and Peacekeeping By Peter Yeo, Séverine Autesserre
As the leader of a group whose goal is to educate U.S. policymakers and the public about the many ways …
Read MoreA Good Democracy Is Hard to Find By Thomas Carothers
Democracy’s global travails continue to mount. What looked as recently as a decade ago to be real democratic progress in …
Read MoreChina Is Not Interested in War with America By Eric Asen
Editor’s note: This essay was a runner up in the John Quincy Adams Society’s 2019 Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest, …
Read MoreThe Mueller Report Exposes U.S. Election Weaknesses By Paul R. Pillar
It would be a profound mistake to overlook the Mueller report’s detailed account of a foreign government’s multifaceted efforts to …
Read MoreTerror wave, need for interfaith dialogue By Reema Shaukat
SEEMS world is moving towards more intolerant attitude where people generally living in any society or country are becoming blinkered …
Read MoreA road bump a can be a stumbling block | Editorial
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who has met failure upon failure in his mission over the last …
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