India Poised to Turn SCO into SAARC? By Iqbal Khan
TONE of Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) recent foreign minister level meeting was set by the Indian decision of not endorsing …
Read MoreTaking a Cue From The Koreans By Talat Masood
Lately, there have been some significant international developments that raise hope in a world that otherwise seems so torn in …
Read MoreWatch Out For Water Wars! By Khalid Saleem
COMING upon one of those billboards that blight the skyline of the major cities of this blessed land, one learnt …
Read MoreChina-India Progress | Editorial
Setting an example China and India deserve credit for handling the fallout of last year’s eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation in the disputed …
Read MoreAtomic Weapons and American Policy By J. Robert Oppenheimer
IT IS possible that in the large light of history, if indeed there is to be history, the atomic bomb …
Read MoreJohn Bolton As NSA To Affect Pakistan? – OpEd By Ubaid Ahmed*
Despite the triumphs Pakistan has had in curbing terrorism, the US National Security Advisor John Bolton doesn’t believe that Pakistan …
Read MoreConfronting Russia In Syria – Analysis By Michael Averko
Aired in the US, the April 10 BBC World News telecasts, repeatedly opened with the claim that Russia vetoed a …
Read MoreRussia-Iran ties surge under US pressure By M K Bhadrakumar
A commentary entitled Tehran, Moscow boosting strategic relations, appearing last week in the Iran Daily newspaper, which is close to …
Read MoreSyrian imbroglio By Dr. Zafar Jaspal
For the last seven years, the people of Syria have been victim of civil war. The Syrian ruling elite seems …
Read MoreCan France Be America's New Bridge to Europe By Celia Belin
Amajor storm is looming over the Atlantic, and it might make landfall in the next few months. With European allies’ …
Read MoreHow Reflexive Hostility to Russia Harms U.S. Interests By Emma Ashford
During his confirmation hearing last week, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, took …
Read MoreNuclear rivalry By Moeed Yusuf
THIS week, the nuclear nonproliferation world is gathered in Geneva for the second preparatory meeting (prepcomm) of the 2020 Nuclear …
Read MoreNuclearisation of Indian Ocean pushing Pakistan, India closer to war: report
The acquirement of nuclear-armed submarines by Pakistan and India has increased the chances of a destructive war between the two …
Read MoreWhen Trump Meets Kim Jong Un By Toby Dalton and Ariel Levite
After U.S. President Donald Trump announced earlier this month that he would consider holding a spring summit with North Korean …
Read MoreGlobalization 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 …
Read MoreIs Democracy Dying By Gideon Rose
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 …
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