Pakistan Is Uniting China, Russia, and Turkey against Trump’s Afghan strategy
Andrew Korybko | The Pakistani Foreign Minister’s plans to travel to China, Russia, and Turkey in hashing out a multipolar response to Trump’s recently announced Afghan...
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...
Kunming: China’s South Eurasian Connectivity Hub
Andrew Korybko | The capital of China’s southern landlocked Yunnan Province has suddenly turned into the central hub of the country’s South Eurasian connectivity initiatives. China’s...
Pyongyang tests a Hydrogen Bomb: the Peninsula is on the edge
News Analysis | Pyongyang has successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb today raising the current crisis many notches up the escalation ladder. The state television has said...
Trumpistan! The Trumpeter’s policy on Afghanistan is really their Policy on China.
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | My late father, Col S.G. Mehdi M.C, would oft say. “Understanding a country’s history, especially events in the recent past...
Why Did Modi Back Down From Donglang?
Andrew Korybko | China and India came to a mutual understanding in defusing the border drama that’s damaged their relations all throughout the summer. The situation at...
China hopeful that India has learned its lessons from Doklam
News analysis | Beijing is hopeful that India has "learned lessons" from the two-month long standoff at the Doklam plateau, which ended amicably by the...
Balfour Declaration, Russian Revolution and the Arab Oil
Nauman Sadiq | Is this not the international politics most significant coincidence that the Balfour declaration for the creation of Israel was adopted in the...
Pakistan, China assess the shifts in regional politics
M K Bhadrakumar | Pakistan and China have set the ball rolling to coordinate their approaches to the United States’ new Afghan strategy outlined by...
Pakistan and China jointly snub Trump and his Generals
News analysis | While calling off talks with and bilateral visits to the US, Pakistan hosted Beijing's Special Envoy on Afghan Affairs Ambassador Deng Xijun. In...
Indian troops disengage from Doklam; China claims victory
News Analysis | India on Monday announced that it has decided to disengage its troops from the Doklam region where they were eyeball to eyeball...
Real US intentions in Afghanistan? Dr. Moeed Pirzada’s podcast with Stimson Center
News Desk | Dr. Pirzada, prominent Pakistani TV Anchor and political analyst, argued that real intentions of US appear to maintain a "strategic foothold" a...