Evolving Dynamics of Afghan Conflict | Iqbal Khan
LAST week Afghan forces pulled out of bases in Musa Qala, a strategic district of the southern province of Helmand.The …
Read MorePakistan’s Syrian Dilemma | Mohammad Jamil
Apart from global and regional divisions, Pakistan has its own domestic concerns vis-à-vis the sectarian nature of the conflict in …
Read MoreUS Failing to Explain Deadly Drone Policy: Report
WASHINGTON: The United States has made little or no progress in explaining how and why it orders lethal drone strikes, …
Read MoreA Test of Diplomacy | Mohammad Jamil
Our foreign policy has been susceptible to manipulation because of political and economic instability brought about by inept leadership and …
Read MoreRussia Disengaging With US on Afghanistan | Mujib Mashal, Andrew Kramer
For all the conflicts in the world in which Washington is at odds with Moscow, the deteriorating security situation in …
Read MoreGlobal Warming: Uneven Changes Across Planet | Kate Ravilious
LESS than 2C of global warming for the Earth, the target agreed by leaders at the COP21 climate conference in …
Read MoreTime For an Original US Foreign Policy | Jonathan Power
There are three schools of thought in US foreign policy, two you have heard about and a third that is …
Read MoreThe Crisis of Islamic Civilization | Javid Husain
Human history is replete with descriptions of the rise, decline and fall of civilizations and empires. Islamic civilization is not …
Read MoreObama’s Message to the Arab World | Afzal Hussain
On February 09, 2016, the breaking news was that “Obama urges Arabs to set up inclusive governments”. US President Barack …
Read MoreSino-Iran Growing Propinquity | S Sadia Kazmi
The recent trade agreement between Iran and China worth 600 billion US dollars has, on the one hand, given impetus …
Read MoreA Special Relationship: The US Is Teaming up With Al Qaeda, Again
One morning early in 1988, Ed McWilliams, a foreign-service officer posted to the American Embassy in Kabul, heard the thump …
Read MoreUS Interests Behind Iran Nuclear Deal | Ayaz Ahmed
In the sphere of ever-changing international relations, there are neither permanent friends nor enemies; it is only the national interests …
Read MoreA Foreign Policy Wish-List | Khalid Saleem
SOME years ago, one had taken the liberty to draw up a ‘foreign policy wish list’ in the fond hope …
Read MoreMessage of Peace and Friendship | Mohammad Hossain Bani Asadi
This year Iran is celebrating the 38th Anniversary of its Islamic Revolution and after lapse of 12 years in holding …
Read MorePakistan’s Foreign Policy Challenge | Dr Qaisar Rashid
In 2015, the major foreign policy challenge Pakistan is beset with is how to halt the downward spiral of its …
Read MoreSaudi Strategy In Syria: Rewriting Mideast’s Political Map? – Analysis | James M. Dorsey
Saudi Arabia’s recent announcement that it would send a ground force to confront the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria …
Read MoreThe Crisis in World Leadership | Munawar Mirza
The last decade of the 20th century saw the emergence of the US as the sole superpower and the advent …
Read MoreN.Korea Follows Indo-Pakistan Down the Nuclear Gutter | Pervez Hoodbhoy
America is fuming, South Korea and Japan are terrified, Russia is worried, and China is miffed. North Korea’s podgy pudding-and-pie …
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