After last week’s visit to the USA: China now going to Russia to clear up matters?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that the Director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China Li Zhanshu...
China & U.S Alliance to restrain North Korea’s Nuclear ambition?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The suspense over the possibility of North Korea conducting another nuclear test has dissipated. Almost exactly as Chinese commentators had advised...
So who was the real target of “Mother of All Bombs”?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The decision by the US commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, to drop the ‘mother of all bombs’ on an alleged...
US Defense Secretary’s clarification over their Syrian actions
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Amidst the contradictory voices from within the US administration regarding Syria over the weekend – American priority in the war (ISIS...
US Secretary of State’s visit to Moscow: new friendship or false dawn?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The early reports on the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s talks in Moscow on Wednesday have a positive ring but...
Moscow tells US Secretary Tillerson not to strike Syria again
Syria and North Korea are two main subjects of today's talks between U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...
G7 sides with Russia: Unexpected setback to the US?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The G7 was meant to be an insipid forum that unfailingly followed the US diktat, but the worm is apparently turning....
Electric Cars in Pakistan! The Perks of CPEC
Naveed Ahmad | The skepticism about the likely market share of electric-hybrid or electric-electric hybrid cars is set to take a hit, as a top...
India sells Dalai Lama but does not see contradiction in its stand on Kashmir
M. K. Bhadrakumar | There is a dramatic irony that the polling in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency took place on a day when we...
With Syrian attacks Trump launches his Queen on the chessboard
James M. Dorsey | One thing this week’s US air strikes in Syria highlight is the fact that the sands are continuously shifting as regional...
Peace in Afghanistan necessary to defeat ISIS in the region
Imdad Hussain | Islamic State’s presence in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan is a source of concern not just to Pakistan, but to other countries...
Syria: Will Russia kneel in front of Washington?
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | Update: Washington has reopened the conflict with a Tomahawk missile attack on Syrian Air Force Bases. The Russian/Syrian air defense...