How Pakistani politics, civil society & bureaucracy promote Corruption?
Sarwar Bari | Recently a factory worker suggested to me passionately to take part in the next general election as a candidate. A close friend...
Hasina’s push For Rohingya “Safe Zones” Might End Up Destabilizing Northeastern India..?
Andrew Korybko | Bangladesh implored the UN last week to set up a so-called “safe zone” in Myanmar. The Bangladeshi Prime Minister claimed that this would...
Will Russian S-400 missile defense system save Erdoğan from another Western backed military coup?
Stana Dubajic | By buying Russian S-400 air-defense missile system Turkey, erstwhile Western ally, second largest NATO member, and a bulwark against Soviet expansion in...
Will PML-N’s war of words against Army & judiciary save Nawaz Sharif?
Dr. Shahbaz Shabbir Gill | Watching Khawaja Asif, recently at the Asia Society in New York, one saw him being humble, using carefully chosen words,...
The road to ‘Strong & progressive India’ passes through Beijing, not Washington
M K Bhadrakumar | If anyone ever told the nation that India should be prepared to fight a “two-front war” with China, he must have...
Vision 2030 vs Saudi ultra-conservatives
James M. Dorsey | Saudi Arabia’s lifting of a ban on women’s driving raises a host of questions that transcend the issue of women’s rights...
The big lie about the Libyan war
Adel Karim | The United Nations General Assembly session which kicked off on September 12 at its headquarters in New York has just ended. During...
Syrian government urges citizens to return to the country after victory in Aleppo & Deir ez-Zorr
Sophie Mangal | Speaking at a press conference in the Armenian capital Yerevan, a deputy of the Syrian parliament, Zhirayr Reisyan, said recently that the...
From Bismarck to Merkel: Why a new rising Germany is good for the world?
M K Bhadrakumar | The German Question has been at the very core of geopolitics in Europe at least since 1453, a poignant year in...
Why should North Korea not trust the US?
Jacob G. Hornberger | To many mainstream pundits, the solution to the crisis in Korea is for U.S. officials to sit down and “talk” to North...
Economy & security: Two sides of the same coin
Ikram Sehgal | A strong connection between the country’s prosperity and military power or put simply, economy and security are two sides of the same...
Saudi Arabia Eases restrictions on messaging apps, but WhatsApp and Viber Are Still Blocked
Afef Abrougui | After more than four years of heavy censorship, Saudi Arabia has eased restrictions on the use of internet-based call and messaging (VoIP) applications. In...