China’s ‘Informationised Warfare’: Impact on the Region – Analysis | Richard A. Bitzinger
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has undertaken many significant reforms in recent months to better fight and win “informationised wars”. …
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Natural selection is history’s critical method to choose survivors. And yet, the outcome of the rigorous pruning process seems more …
Read MoreIt’s Time to FIRE Donald Trump | The Economist
IN A week’s time, the race for the Republican nomination could be all but over. Donald Trump has already won …
Read MoreContracting Global Trade | Dr Kamal Monnoo
And Pakistan’s fortunes A recent statement by the Commerce Minister that our exports are falling mainly due to the falling …
Read MoreNational Security and Arms Build-up | Editorial
A country’s security and integrity depends more on its overall national policy than on the weapons at its disposal. There …
Read MoreIran: Elections And The Evolution Of Islamist Deliberative Democracy – Analysis | Kaveh L.
In Iran, the twin elections for the parliament and the Expert Assembly (formally in charge of choosing the next supreme …
Read MoreEvolving Dynamics of Afghan Conflict | Iqbal Khan
LAST week Afghan forces pulled out of bases in Musa Qala, a strategic district of the southern province of Helmand.The …
Read MorePakistan’s Syrian Dilemma | Mohammad Jamil
Apart from global and regional divisions, Pakistan has its own domestic concerns vis-à-vis the sectarian nature of the conflict in …
Read MoreUS Failing to Explain Deadly Drone Policy: Report
WASHINGTON: The United States has made little or no progress in explaining how and why it orders lethal drone strikes, …
Read MoreA Test of Diplomacy | Mohammad Jamil
Our foreign policy has been susceptible to manipulation because of political and economic instability brought about by inept leadership and …
Read MoreRussia Disengaging With US on Afghanistan | Mujib Mashal, Andrew Kramer
For all the conflicts in the world in which Washington is at odds with Moscow, the deteriorating security situation in …
Read MoreGlobal Warming: Uneven Changes Across Planet | Kate Ravilious
LESS than 2C of global warming for the Earth, the target agreed by leaders at the COP21 climate conference in …
Read MoreTime For an Original US Foreign Policy | Jonathan Power
There are three schools of thought in US foreign policy, two you have heard about and a third that is …
Read MoreThe Crisis of Islamic Civilization | Javid Husain
Human history is replete with descriptions of the rise, decline and fall of civilizations and empires. Islamic civilization is not …
Read MoreObama’s Message to the Arab World | Afzal Hussain
On February 09, 2016, the breaking news was that “Obama urges Arabs to set up inclusive governments”. US President Barack …
Read MoreSino-Iran Growing Propinquity | S Sadia Kazmi
The recent trade agreement between Iran and China worth 600 billion US dollars has, on the one hand, given impetus …
Read MoreA Special Relationship: The US Is Teaming up With Al Qaeda, Again
One morning early in 1988, Ed McWilliams, a foreign-service officer posted to the American Embassy in Kabul, heard the thump …
Read MoreUS Interests Behind Iran Nuclear Deal | Ayaz Ahmed
In the sphere of ever-changing international relations, there are neither permanent friends nor enemies; it is only the national interests …
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