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Are Tillerson’s comments going to increase Pak-US tensions?
News Analysis | Pakistan has told the United States that it “is not North Korea” and that it was committed to global peace, diplomatic sources...
Pentagon acknowledges Pakistan’s sacrifices during war on terror
News Analysis | The Pentagon has acknowledged the efforts of Pakistan to uproot terrorism from its soil and admitted that Pakistan had lost more lives...
CIA Director warns Pakistan of US action if safe havens are...
News Analysis | Mike Pompeo, the Director of the CIA, has made it clear that the United States will do everything it can do to...
“Mad Dog” Mattis Demands Global War Authorization For Trump!
Andrew Korybko | US Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis is arguing that there shouldn’t be any geographic limitations imposed on the President’s power...
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...
“Mad Dog” Mattis Barks About CPEC And Endangers NATO’s Afghan Caravan
Andrew Korybko | US Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis recently said that “the One Belt, One Road also goes through disputed territory, and I...
Why is India doing propaganda against CPEC?
News Analysis | Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said India is doing propaganda over the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as part of its...
The nuclear showdown 2017: Millions at the mercy of crazy Kim
Kristin Ryan | So if you are reading this expecting to find the answer to world peace or meaning of life, I'm probably gonna disappoint...
Aggression in the region: Islamabad all-set to draw support against the...
News analysis | Amid mounting US aggression in the region, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Khawaja Asif will set out for a four-nation tour to China, Iran,...
Provocative signalling by US may compel Kim to press the button
News Analysis | The US has started to sift through various punitive policy options to confront North Korea's overt nuclear showmanship. Defense Chief, James Mattis warned Pyongyang...
The US is trying to “control the damage” in ties with...
News Analysis | Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis has desired to work with Pakistan to defeat the menace of terrorism in the region, an...
A policy in search of a strategy
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | After endless deliberations, bickerings, and dithering, President Trump got the cat out of the bag; the new South Asia policy...
Lull before the storm: where are Washington and Pyongyang headed ?
News Analysis | The nuclear brinkmanship on the Korean Peninsula lessened somewhat on Wednesday with reports coming out that the fiery leader of DPRK, Kim...
Tehran takes exceptions to new sanctions
News Analysis | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has vowed to end his country's isolation in his second term. He was sworn in today just a...
General Bajwa wants an end to “timed blame-games”
News Analysis | Two blasts rocked the cities of Kabul and Lahore resulting in the loss of 24 and 26 lives, respectively. Both Afghanistan and...
Kabul jolted yet again; US strategy is still-evolving
News Analysis | A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing at lehave ast 24 people and...
Coalition without Coalition Support Fund?
News Analysis | The Pentagon has decided to withhold a significant chunk of the allotted $900 million Coalition Support Fund(CSF) citing Pakistan's inability to take...
Uncle Sam’s Iran obsession continues; calls for regime change
News Analysis | The US-Iran rivalry is aggravating by the day. US Defense Chief, General James Mattis has said that regime change is essential to improve...
Change yourself before we change ourselves :US tells Pakistan
News Analysis | The US is banking on Pakistan's support to end militancy in Afghanistan, said Senator John McCain during his visit to Kabul on...
Can Pak-US ties be reconfigured amid hardened positions?
News Analysis | According to US officials, President Donald Trump's administration appears ready to harden its approach toward Pakistan to crack down on Pakistan-based militants...
More American troops will not solve the Afghan quagmire
Rupert Stone | Afghanistan is back in the headlines. The 16-year US-led war – which began as a response to the attacks of September 11,...
Pentagon’s “Devastating impact” plan for ISIS
Sophie Mangal| The U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had presented a preliminary version of the Pentagon’s new plan to rapidly defeat the Islamic State of...
American military playing good cop & bad cop with Pakistan
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and General Jim Mattis, United States Secretary of Defence had a 20-minute telephone conversation on...
