Here Are All the Reasons Striking Syria Was a Bad Idea By Ted Galen Carpenter
The air and missile strikes that the United States and its British and French allies launched against Syrian government targets …
Read MoreBack to Brinkmanship By Jacob Heilbrunn
AT THE heart of the original Cold War was nuclear confrontation. In his 1945 essay “You and the Atomic Bomb,” …
Read MoreNuclear waste | Editorial
Last month, the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor, on the banks of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, was found to …
Read MoreBombs won’t save Syria’s children Editorial
With so many crazy contradictions illuminated by the rocket’s red glare and the bombs bursting in air over Syria on …
Read MoreChina factor in Afghan peace By Samran Ali
The Chinese Vice Foreign Minister, Li Baodong, speaking at Tashkent Peace Conference on Afghanistan, extended China’s support to the inclusive …
Read MoreInside the Marines’ new mission in Afghanistan: Taking back territory previously won By Dan Lamothe
BOST AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — In a dusty open-air building with houseflies buzzing, Marines here received a call for help. Afghan …
Read MoreTrump and the rest of the world offer little hope for Syrian refugees By Ishaan Tharoor
Speaking to The Washington Post last week, a senior administration official offered a concise version of President Trump’s ideal national-security …
Read MoreLost pluralism in India By Kuldip Nayar
CHIEF Minister Mehbooba Mufti has said that the Kashmiri pundits should visit their place of origin, meaning thereby the valley. …
Read MoreArab League in need of bite | Editorial
The Arab League is threatening to give the United Nations a run for its money to be crowned the most …
Read MoreIs Afghanistan the next caliphate By Syed Sadam Hussain Shah
Terror outfits often expand their influence by merging into other groups or by cobbling together alliances. They essentially do it …
Read MoreUS-China trade war and its wider implications By Tariq Niaz Bhatti
US-China trade war is making headlines these days as President Trump has unveiled plans to impose tariffs @ 25% on …
Read MoreDurand Line — internationally recognised border By Mohammad Jamil
IT is reassuring to note that there are voices in Afghanistan who realize that non-acceptance of the Durand Line as …
Read MoreAnalysing current American geo-strategy By Zahid Mehmood Zahid
It is safe to say that no country is more distressed by today’s dynamic global landscape and the tectonic shift …
Read MorePakistan — an honest partner in war on terror BY Malik Muhammad Ashraf
The vision of shared regional prosperity undoubtedly is linked to peace and security in the region, particularly Afghanistan, which has …
Read MorePeace, trade and open borders | Editorial
The BOAO Conference is over. Instead of matching sanctions with sanctions President Xi has taken a flexible stand that best …
Read MoreFrom 2011 to 2018: Seven years of the Syrian war
From the bloody repression of peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime to several foreign interventions, below are key dates …
Read MoreWhither ill-starred SAARC By Khalid Saleem
News from New Delhi has it that India is dropping broad hints of its intention to ‘sabotage’ the already postponed …
Read MoreInternational dimensions of Afghan war By Talat Masood
For the United States, the Afghan war has been its longest, even more than its intervention in Vietnam. What is …
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