How 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 …
Read MoreHere 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 …
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