Don’t pass the buck on Zia; political parties are far off democracy

Abdul Qayyum Khan Kundi l There were many talk shows, editorials and op-ed pieces about the martial law imposed on July 5th, 1977. There were...

Is China using trade as leverage to control North Korea?

North Korea got the world’s attention – and President Donald Trump’s – when it said on July 4 that it had successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic...

How popular is Trump in Poland?

As Donald Trump began speaking in Warsaw at noon on July 6, I was sitting in my apartment a few blocks away. A government-sponsored “picnic”...

North Korea latest test, will Trump be irrational?

Given that North Korea can already produce a nuclear weapon, it is vital to keep it from developing an intercontinental ballistic missile. On this...

Western liberal totalitarianism: friendly and subordinate fascism

Leonid Savin l Professor of Political Science and President of the US Society for General Systems Research, Bertram Myron Gross, introduced the term “friendly fascism”...

Deep inside Kashmir militancy: how damaging can the cracks be for the movement?

Abubakar Farooqui | On April 7, 2017, a group of unidentified militants appeared in the death anniversary of a Kashmiri Freedom fighter Naseer Pandit in...

North and South Korea, what divides them

Why is there a North and a South Korea? Before there was a South and North Korea, the peninsula was ruled by a dynasty known...

USA-Russia-China triangle

M. K. Bhadrakumar | For long-time observers of the US-Russia-China triangle, this week presents a fantastic panorama. Much as the G20 summit in Hamburg on...

Cold Start Doctrine and the Nasr missiles

News Analysis | Chief of Army(COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa witnessed the training launch of the short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Nasr on Wednesday. The ISPR...

How safe is Indonesia’s democracy from Islamic extremism?

In May, the governor of Jakarta, Indonesia – a Christian – was convicted for blasphemy against religion and sentenced to two years in prison. The conviction has shocked observers around...

ISIS: the face of terror and options for Pakistan to deal with it

Qazi Abdul Mohsin | It may be surprising to hear, but it is a plain fact that modern global jihad originated as a consequence of...

PPP impeding accountability in Sindh

Rida Hussain | The successful annulment of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999 by the Sindh Assembly is perhaps a  sigh of relief for many of...
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