The Trump-Kim Summit Is No Game Changer By Steven Metz
During the past year the long-running conflict between the United States and North Korea seemed to be lurching toward catastrophe. …
Read MoreTrade for development By Munir Akram
US PRESIDENT Trump’s unilateral tariffs on steel and aluminium imports threaten to unleash a trade war with America’s friends and …
Read MorePendulum-like relationship | Editorial
The Iranian foreign minister, a shrewd diplomat who engineered the Iran nuclear deal with the West against overwhelming odds, is …
Read MoreAnother US volte-face in Afghanistan? | Editorial
Unannounced visits to Kabul, especially in the dead of night, by US generals, both serving and retired ones holding official …
Read MoreCPEC: western route and Balochistan By Hasaan Khawar
During 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
The young and dynamic Prince Mohammad bin Salman — the virtual Saudi ruler — had come to realise that his …
Read MoreSyria conflict rages as war enters eighth year
Syria’s lacerating conflict entered its eighth year on Thursday with the country riven by international power struggles, as Turkey encircled …
Read MoreThe Truth About the Two-Degree Target By Ted Nordhaus
Upon 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
After 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
In 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
hen 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
The United States’ interests in Syria lie in formalizing its battlefield gains with a negotiated settlement and then leaving the …
Read MoreBhutto & US Nuclear Politics | Rabia Akhtar
ZULFIQAR Ali Bhutto’s ‘eating grass’ comment after the 1965 Indo-Pak war is famously related to his determination to nuclearise Pakistan. …
Read MoreClimate Threat | Amy Davidson
Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation issued a report called ‘World Heritage and Tourism in a …
Read MoreObama’s ‘Cold Peace’ | Editorial
It has been a while since American take on the Middle East mirrored ground reality. The way it blundered into …
Read MoreSouth Asia Undergoing a Strategic Facelift | Muhammad Ali Ehsan
“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tashkent”, announced the Russian ambassador, Alexey …
Read MorePakistan can Defend its Nuclear Arsenal: US Secretary of State
The United States has assured the international community that Pakistan is capable of protecting its nuclear arsenal. The US Secretary …
Read MoreUS Presidential Race and Mideast – OpEd | Osama Al Sharif
The United States presidential race is attracting attention outside the US because of the stark contrasts between candidates, especially on …
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