The CIA’s new anti-Taliban strategy might help Daesh
Andrew Korybko | The New York Times reported over the weekend that the CIA would be redirecting most of its Afghan efforts towards directly thwarting...
Chabahar – Some Indian myths and the reality
M K Bhadrakumar | The first shipment of wheat on Sunday from Kandla port to Afghanistan via Iran’s Chabahar Port is cause for celebration in India. A...
Thank you Najam Sethi!
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | Former Kiwi fast-bowler and currently one of the darlings of cricket watchers, Danny Morrison was shouting, chirping and "revving it...
Our real intellectual crisis is not that we are failing to produce Einsteins
Dr. S. Zulfiqar Gilani | Discerning people agree that we have an intellectual crisis in the country. However, write-ups on the crisis are largely descriptive...
Why Saudi Arabia allowed women into sports stadiums?
James M. Dorsey | Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow women to attend sporting events in three of the country’s stadiums raises as many questions as it provides...
Rescue of Coleman-Boyle family: Myth of ‘good & bad Taliban’ rebuffed
Jamal Hussain | The liberation of the Canadian/American couple and their three children from the clutches of Haqqani groups by Pakistan military made headline breaking...
US strikes at India-Russia defense ties
M K BhadraKumar | In the post-cold war era, the United States and Russia kept a decent distance vis-à -vis each other while plowing their respective relations...
How to give a presentation like a pro
Brian Lee | The usual approach when preparing a presentation is putting the points into slides. But the best presentations do not seek to merely inform....
‘Repercussions’ of the US bid to isolate Iran!
Asif Haroon Raja| Iran under Reza Shah Pahlavi enjoyed best of relations with the United States of America (USA) as well as Kingdom of Saudi...
Analyzing the future of ‘Trump’ Afghan Policy
News Analysis | I have never been a great admirer of Hussain Haqqani (Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States), but two observations that he...
Will ultra-conservatives accept the change in Saudi politics?
James M. Dorsey | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent disavowal of the kingdom’s founding religious ideology had a master’s voice quality to it. His words...
South Asia must heed the lessons from history!
Salman Bashir | President Donald Trump's 'Regional Strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia' is a theoretical construct centred on Afghanistan, but in the light of...