US-Taliban Dialogue: A Test For The Stakeholders By Asif Durrani
US Special Envoy on Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad is on his third mission to hold talks with Afghanistan’s neighbours (minus Iran) …
Read MoreNewfound US Afghan Focus | Editorial
Serious move towards endgame? President Donald Trump’s recent letter to PM Imran Khan was couched in tame diplomatic language, in …
Read MoreLeave Not Stay? EU Approves UK Exit – OpEd By Andrei Kadomtsev
On November 25, leaders of the EU member states approved an agreement on the withdrawal of Great Britain from the …
Read MoreG20 In Buenos Aires: End Of US-China Trade War? – Analysis By Su-Hyun Lee and Chia-yi Lee
The 2018 G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, concluded amidst rising tensions between the US and China over trade. The G20 …
Read MoreThe Future of Trump’s Trade War By Beelam Ramzan
Since the end of the cold war, the US has relied more on aggressive economic statecraft to advance its foreign …
Read MoreUS, China and the Preferred Superpower By Toshiki Jinushi
BASED on the country’s experience after World War II, popular opinion in Japan holds that the United States is the …
Read MoreAvoiding War Between America and China By Sulmaan Khan
U.S.-Chinese relations, the current wisdom goes, are in need of a fundamental rethink. In October, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence …
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Reluctant Realism | Editorial
President Donald Trump appears in a hurry for an Afghan endgame, and is trying everything he has in his repertoire, …
Read MoreNuclear Security Index 2018: A Critical Appraisal By Beenish Altaf
Although it was due in February 2018, the month of September marked the launch of the volume of 2018 Nuclear …
Read MoreSummitry of G20 Leaders | Editorial
A pledge to promote multilateral trade and a ‘rules-based international order’ capped the two-day summitry of world leaders in the …
Read MoreThe History of American Nationalism By Paul R. Pillar
At a recent campaign rally in Houston, Donald Trump broke a linguistic taboo by calling himself, loudly and proudly, a …
Read MoreThe Moscow Summit By Akbar Jan Marwat
IN an environment in which the Afghan Taliban seem to be in the ascendant in heir insurgency against the Afghan …
Read MoreClimate Chaos | Editorial
It is clear that we are not doing enough to combat climate change, but how much more do we need …
Read MoreA Foreign Policy For All By Elizabeth Warren
Around the world, democracy is under assault. Authoritarian governments are gaining power, and right-wing demagogues are gaining strength. Movements toward …
Read MoreASEAN – Search For Synergy? By Dr. Imran Khalid
In many ways, unlike the previous gathering in April, the second ASEAN summit of the year in Singapore last week …
Read More‘Historic But Tragic’ | Editorial
Britain is now a step closer to leaving the 27-nation European Union — after 45 long years. European Union leaders …
Read MoreThe Coming War Over Ukraine? By Jonas Driedger
On November 25, Russian warships attacked and seized three Ukrainian navy boats that tried to cross the Kerch Strait. The …
Read MoreWill Iran Cope With Trump’s Sanctions? By Muhammad Usman Ghani
On May 5, 2018, the United States’ president Donald Trump unilaterally torpedoed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which …
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