Playing with Fire: Trump’s Iran policy risks cloning North Korea
James M. Dorsey | As US President Donald J. Trump gropes with a set of bad options for responding to North Korea’s rapidly expanding nuclear...
Come in, Kim. Join the club
M K Bhadrakumar | According to US officials, North Korea’s ICBMs are capable of hitting any part of the United States. These North Koreans are an...
Pakistan-US ties: A reality check
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | The transformation in the global politics, cementing Indo-US strategic partnership and deteriorating situation in Afghanistan are shaping Americans perception about Pakistan’s...
The dusk of Nawaz Sharif era
Shaukat Qadir | It seems Nawaz Sharif has finally left the political scene. But time will tell. His political history makes interesting reading. His real political...
Will Trump continue the CIA’s cover-up in the JFK assassination?
Jacob G. Hornberger | Last week, the National Archives suddenly released a batch of long-secret official records relating to the JFK assassination. This was surprising...
Next economic crash is around the corner
Jacob G. Hornberger | American statists are convinced that the modern-day United States is immune from an economic catastrophe arising from its welfare-state, regulated-economy way...
My way, nor no way
Samson Simon Sharaf | The leadership behavior of Nawaz Sharif in his tenures as a minister in various capacities is a study in profile from...
The Sadiqs and Ameens
Eliya Khurshid | July 28, 2017, dawned to the news of Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, the third time elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, being disqualified for...
Husain Haqqani: An opportunist turncoat!
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | I must start with an apology because this is a very harsh indictment of Husain Haqqani. It is harsh because he...
Putin’s Russia on top yet again
M K Bhadrakumar | Russia and the United States could be hurtling toward a showdown following Moscow’s decision on Friday to retaliate, finally, against President Barack...
Playing both sides against the middle: Saudi Arabia engages with Iraqi Shiites
James M. Dorsey | Saudi Arabia, with the Islamic State on the ropes in Iraq, is forging ties to Iraqi Shiite leaders and offering to...
A moral judgment?
Saad Rasool | The honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan, on Friday, disqualified Mian Nawaz Sharif, from being member of the National Assembly, under Article 62(1)(f)...