Coming challenges in the emerging global order By Shahid Javed Burki
No matter who makes it to the White House after the November 2020 elections in the United States, he or …
Read MoreSudan in flux after coup | Editorial
The situation in Sudan is still in flux as democracy protesters have refused to disperse from the streets of Khartoum, …
Read MorePeace is difficult By Munir Akram
THE recent military crisis with India was a baptism of fire for Prime Minister Imran Khan and the PTI government. …
Read MoreThe Sochi Summit Was A Success, But Plenty Of Serious Challenges Still Remain By Andrew Korybko
President Rouhani’s visit to Sochi to meet with his Russian and Turkish counterparts is being hailed as a success in …
Read MoreWhat Happens When China Becomes the Most Powerful Country in the World By David Batashvili
Globally preeminent states have a tendency to shape the world in many ways. Obviously, they do it in a rather …
Read MoreAfghan talks: how big are the challenges By Asif Durrani
US Special Envoy on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad had been in Islamabad this week as part of his renewed efforts to …
Read MoreWhat Netanyahu victory means for West Bank By Imran Jan
The Israeli election is a neck-and-neck fight between the incumbent, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former army general Benny Gantz — tied …
Read MoreLast chance to save democratic and secular India By Dr Moonis Ahmar
India is the world’s biggest democracy and its secular characteristic will be tested when voters will go to the polls …
Read MoreNetanyahu’s victory | Editorial
WITH Benjamin Netanyahu all but assured of victory in Israel’s recently held elections, the future of the Arab-Israeli peace process …
Read MoreWhy Jadhav became so important for India By Dr Moeed Pirzada
Prominent Indian journalist, Praveen Swami, in his groundbreaking piece, “India’s Secret War” (Frontline, 16 February 2018) raises an interesting question: …
Read MoreIndia readies for polls By Nava Thakuria
India, known as the world’s largest democracy, starts national elections on Thursday, where over 900 million voters will participate in …
Read MoreSaving Northeastern Syria By Merve Tahiroglu and Andrew Gabel
Last month, fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a 60,000-strong Syrian militia that has been Washington’s primary partner in …
Read MoreNorth Korea Is Playing the Long Game—and Winning By Peter Harris
Fifty years ago this month, a North Korean fighter jet shot down a U.S. spy plane over the Sea of …
Read MoreMake Donald Trump Great Again By Douglas Macgregor
Candidate Donald Trump won the presidency because he talked tough in ways no presidential candidate has done in recent memory, …
Read MoreRussia's Dangerous Undersea Games by Lyle J. Goldstein
The fallout from the Mueller Report continues to roil Washington, with one side of the aisle hoping to scrutinize Robert …
Read MoreBuying up Kashmir | Editorial
One of the many promises by the Bharatiya Janata Party in its Election 2019 manifesto is one to allow the …
Read MoreXi Jinping Is Winning the National Security War By Gordon G. Chang
America is in danger of “a McCarthyite Red Scare.” China could be the latest target of unfounded fear. So said …
Read MoreWar, a market-moving story By Jawed Naqvi
LORD Thomson, the Canadian media baron who ruled London’s Fleet Street for decades, described news as the grey stuff between …
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