Has Russia entered NATO’s bedroom?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Can we say a “terrible beauty” is born in the NATO’s underbelly — to borrow the words from the Irish-English poet...
How Raymond Davis helped track Osama Bin Laden down?
Nauman Sadiq l Six weeks before the killing of Osama Bin Laden, on 16 March 2011, a CIA’s private contractor Raymond Davis, who had previously...
Of promises, meddling and delusions: the story of Pak-USA ties
Saleem Akhtar Malik l May 1, 1960: While I was still enjoying those heady childhood days ,the Soviet Union had scored a propaganda hit over...
The Afghan marsh enveloping the region
Saad Yousaf | Since the 2001 US invasion, the rapidly changing dynamics of the Afghan insurgency have stumped the strategic elite of regional countries. The...
The Pakistan diaspora,economy and the Gulf crisis
Saleem Akhtar Malik l A little more than a century after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire,the Arab Middle East looks as fragile as the...
Escalation of Gulf crisis: were negotiated solutions an illusion?
James M. Dorsey | The Gulf crisis that pits Saudi Arabia and the UAE against Qatar is set to escalate with Doha certain to ignore...
Yemeni journalists caught amid Saudi coalition and Houthi rebels
Global Voices | The conflict in Yemen, which erupted more than two years ago between Houthi rebels and forces backing the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, has...
A possible new makeover for US and Russia?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The White House disclosed Thursday during a media briefing on President Donald Trump’s forthcoming trip to Europe next week that he will meet...
Detente 2.0’ between Russia and the US: an unconvincing idea under Trump
Chandra Rekha | Donald Trump has been in the spotlight since his appointment as the President of the United States and the many controversies surrounding...
Trump’s travails may spill over to Euphrates valley
M. K. Bhadrakumar | So it wasn’t mere coincidence that Russia ‘test-fired’ on Tuesday from a submerged state-of-the-art submarine its most advanced ICBM with a...
Gulf crisis stalemate fuels fears in Muslim Asia
James M. Dorsey | Vulnerable Asian states are bracing for possible pressure to back a Saudi-UAE boycott of Qatar as efforts to mediate an end...
Trump cracks deals with Modi; sells Pakistan dummies!
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Twenty weeks into his presidency, President Donald Trump continues to keep the world confused and guessing on how and what...