Real US intentions in Afghanistan? Dr. Moeed Pirzada’s podcast with Stimson Center
News Desk | Dr. Pirzada, prominent Pakistani TV Anchor and political analyst, argued that real intentions of US appear to maintain a "strategic foothold" a...
President Trump’s speech and our reactions
Muhammad Ali Ehsan | My first impression after hearing President Trump’s speech was – does it serve our interest to be so diplomatically humiliated from...
Russia-Turkey-Iran triangle gains traction
M K Bhadrakumar | The geopolitics of the Middle East is witnessing a tectonic shift with the emergence of a Turkish-Iranian axis that would have seemed...
North Korea undeterred despite Tillerson’s optimism for talks
News Analysis | The nuclear brinkmanship on the Korean peninsula doesn't seem to abate as Pyongyang decided to ramp-up the production of solid-fuel rocket engines...
China lambasts Trump as the battle lines are drawn in South Asia
News Analysis | China has come out in full support of its crucial regional ally Pakistan after President Trump called it a sponsor of terrorism....
Can Pakistan capitalize on $100 billion Chinese agricultural sector
"Where CPEC envisages an era of golden development for Pakistan’s economy, there lies at disposal a bona fide opportunity for Pakistan to unlock an...
The Turkish-Chinese Strategic Partnership Is Stronger Than Ever Before
Andrew Korybko | The Turkish Foreign Minister trumpeted his country’s strategic relations with China after a meeting with his counterpart on the sidelines of last weekend’s...
US-Russia cooperation: A necessity in the wake of North Korean jingoism
M K Bhadrakumar | The Ukraine crisis — and Russian-American relations — reaches an inflection point with the assessment made by the International Institute of...
Moscow nervous as the US-North Korean tensions rise
M K Bhadrakumar | Moscow’s diktat to the US to slash the latter’s diplomat and staff strength in Russia by 755 personnel generously put September...
China contributes to doubts about Pakistani crackdown on militants
James Dorsey | China, at the behest of Pakistan, has for the second time this year prevented the United Nations from listing a prominent Pakistani militant...
US silence on Doklam issue is ominous
Enayat Zeb | Ever since the beginning of the Doklam stand-off between China and India, one country has been conspicuously quiet: The United States of...
Where Doklam traverses regional politics
M K Bhadrakumar | The regional setting in which the India-China standoff at Doklam is playing out can only be ignored at our risk. Most...