The West Should Avoid Starting a New Cold War with Russia By Doug Bandow
President Donald Trump entered office with praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin and support for improving Washington-Moscow relations. A year …
Read MoreWhy North Korea Is Winning By Patrik K. MeyerSuhyun Koh
In late 2017, as a result of the multiple nuclear and missile tests by North Korea, it can be argued …
Read MoreHow the Peace Process (Probably) Killed the Two-State Solution By Khaled Elgindy
President Donald Trump’s decision last December to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, overturning seventy years of U.S. policy and international …
Read MoreWhy China Won’t Rescue North Korea By Oriana Skylar Mastro
U.S. officials have long agreed with Mao Zedong’s famous formulation about relations between China and North Korea: the two countries …
Read MoreHas a New Cold War Really Begun By Odd Arne Westad
For about four years now, since Russia’s occupation of Crimea and China’s launch of the Belt and Road Initiative, there …
Read MoreThe Right Way to Coerce North Korea By Victor Cha and Katrin Fraser Katz
When it comes to North Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies have been whiplash inducing. On February 23, he appeared …
Read MoreIs Trump getting his way on global trade By Shahid Javed Burki
Countries such as Pakistan that have not benefited as much from globalisation were hoping to join those that have gained …
Read MoreHow to stop a US-China trade war before it starts By Daniel Moss
IT may be one of the most opportune flubs in economics. A slip of the tongue by the US Treasury’s …
Read MoreEmpire 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 …
Read MorePutin outsmarts rivals: Comes back to power stronger than ever
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 …
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