US Special Forces in combat: Is it really nothing new for Iraq and Syria? By Peter Van Buren
The White House claims committing special forces to fight in Iraq and Syria is nothing new, merely an ‘intensification’ of …
Read MoreWhy the West should worry about Turkey By Peter Marino
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan appears to have beaten down his opponents and returned his Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AK …
Read MoreA Foreign Policy Failure?
It is undeniable that Pakistan’s inability to get re-elected to the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHCR) is a disappointing …
Read MoreGlobal Trade & Geo-Politics | Amna Ejaz Rafi
The former Director General of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, suggested to an audience in Melbourne in November 2012 that the …
Read MoreThe Not-So-Great Game in Syria And How to End It By Andrew J. Tabler
In the last few weeks, Russia has returned to the Middle East through a direct military intervention in Syria. In …
Read MoreA Syrian Awakening: How Washington Can Use the Russian Intervention to Force a Ceasefire
The Russian intervention in Syria has left U.S. policymakers in a quandary. The official line is that Russia’s move doesn’t fundamentally …
Read MoreThe Abandonment of Science by the Muslim World| Rafia Zakaria
The past achievements of prominent Muslims, particularly Muslim scientists, play an important role in the lives of living ones. In …
Read MoreIndia Nuke Plan Largest in Developing Nations
Washington—Stating that India has “one of the largest nuclear power programmes” among developing nations, a US-based think tank said by …
Read MoreWhy Afghanistan Needs the US | Muhammad Umar
President Obama announced earlier this month that he is abandoning his plan to completely pull out U.S. troops from Afghanistan, …
Read MoreA Geo-Economics-led World Order | M Ziauddin
A new international order seems to be emerging defined overwhelmingly by geo-economics rather than geopolitics. In this new order, the …
Read MoreIndia-China Relations | Mohammad Jamil
Relations between China and India have somewhat improved since a brief border war in 1962, but deep suspicion over a …
Read MoreThe Beginning of a New War | Nasurullah Brohi
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, this is the first time great powers have also come face to face …
Read MorePak-Israel Relations | Lt Col Khalid Masood Khan (Retd)
Paradoxically, Pakistan and Israel can never have relations; nevertheless, there are many commonalities between both the countries. In geopolitical studies, …
Read MoreEvolving Trends In S Asian Nuclear Paradigm | Beenish Altaf
The South Asian Nuclear security situation is different from the other regions of the world. The credibility of international nuclear …
Read MoreKashmir Under International Spotlight | K. Iqbal
People of Jammu and Kashmir across the Line of Control as well as Kashmiri diaspora, the world over, observed the …
Read MoreThe Myth of US Democracy | Dr Asad Zaman
The vision of a government of the people, by the people and for the people is enchanting, and powerfully attractive …
Read MoreGlobal Peace and Security | Dr Mahboob A Khwaja
WARS and societal conflicts do not end with political statements. The mankind is fraught with painful experiences of the unwanted …
Read MorePakistan now 138th Among 189 Economies
ISLAMABAD: It might come as a surprise to PML-N supporters, but its pro-business perception received a slight jolt on Wednesday, as …
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