From Bhati Gate to Parliament (handshake)
Ahmed Ali Khan | In 2011 threats to former President Asif Ali Zardari by the then CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif to be hanged in the...
Bangladesh: Hasina becomes a ruthless dictator
Mohsin Raza Malik | The ruling coalition of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed has won a landslide victory in the recently held parliamentary elections in...
Where is the discussion on policy? – Dr. Omer Javed
Dr. Omer Javed | Does the print media matter much to the government or for that matter the media overall? Hardly anyone seems to pay...
Inside the Beltway: Iran hardliners vs Iran hardliners – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Alarm bells went off last September in Washington's corridors of power when John Bolton’s national security council asked the Pentagon for...
Trump, Hitler, and the Enabling Act – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | The terrorists had just fire-bombed the German Parliament building. Even worse, it turned out that the terrorists were communists. German leader...
Trump has mixed signals for Astana partners – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | Trump’s tweets earlier today regarding Syrian withdrawal plan came out of the blue – “Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria...
Syria’s Kurds: The new front line in confronting Iran and Turkey – Dr. James M Dorsey
Dr. James M Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump’s threat to devastate Turkey’s economy if Turkish troops attack Syrian Kurds allied with the United...
Why the new CJ should focus on judicial reforms
Abdul Rasool Syed | The new chief justice of the country’s apex court Justice Asif Saeed Khoso is going to assume his office on the...
Social Sciences in the 21st century: What are Pakistani academics up to?
Farah Adeed | The role of the 17th century in the history of humankind is remarkable. It was the time when society, politics, and states underwent...
Turkey can’t leverage US-Russia tensions in Syria forever
M K Bhadrakumar | Turkey has so far played Washington and Moscow off against each other over the Syrian situation by leveraging its importance as...
Political monopolies damaging democracy in Pakistan – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | During his speech in 1966, President John F. Kennedy quoted a Chinese curse, ‘May you live in interesting times’. He...
Celebrating without cause? – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | Earlier in the week, as reported, the honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan referred the JIT Report (regarding money laundering by Asif Zardari...