Empire strikes back By Munir Akram
IN a little over a year, US President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ posture has been translated into an extensive and …
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In what was always thought to be an obvious matter of fact, President of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin has won …
Read MoreHow Syrian Conflict Sparked New Cold War? – OpEd By Nauman Sadiq
On March 4, Sergei Skripal, a Russian double agent working for the British foreign intelligence service, and his daughter Yulia …
Read MoreNuclear weapons | Editorial
We will not invest in our annihilation. Now we can avoid it. Our world and everything we care about is …
Read MoreWhat Putin's Reelection Means for Russia and the World By Nikolas K. Gvosdev
No one should have been surprised by the results of Sunday’s presidential election in Russia. Official figures maintain that nearly …
Read MoreThe 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. …
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