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...
How India wants to encircle Pakistan and why it will fail…
Jan Achakzai | The Trump Administration’s new strategy in Afghanistan envisaging partnership with India will likely raise security concerns for Pakistan. The US strategy anchored on...
The winners and losers in Trump’s Afghan strategy – III
M K Bhadrakumar | The tone and content of the statement issued in Islamabad on Thursday after the meeting of the National Security Committee, here, regarding President...
Trump unveiled an anti-CPEC strategy, not an Afghan one
Andrew Korybko | Trump recently announced his strategy for Afghanistan in a prime-time speech that was preceded by official announcements that the dispatch of approximately 4000...
Trump ‘New’ Afghanistan strategy is neither new, nor a strategy
Rupert Stone | It is a common feature of democratic politics that more a leader promises change, the more things will stay the same. Professions...
Old wine in a new bottle
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | President Donald Trump announced his belated Afghanistan strategy and also laid out his South Asian future plan on August 21, 2017. Realistically, there...
The winners and losers in Trump’s Afghan strategy – II
M K Bhadrakumar | (The first part is here.) CHINA China has paid high attention to the speech by US President Donald Trump on Monday outlining the way forward...
Shahbaz Sharif takes an honorable stance against the US begging bowl
News Desk | Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in a statement on Friday said that it is time for Pakistan to “politely and gratefully close...
Pakistan slams the US; calls for immediate action against sanctuaries in Afghanistan
News Analysis | Pakistan has demanded immediate and effective action from US forces against havens harboring militants and miscreants on the Afghan soil, which are...
‘Pakistan sixth largest country in the world cannot be ignored by the US’: GVS exclusive interview with Robin Raphel
News Desk | Robin Lynn Raphel is an American former diplomat, Ambassador, CIA analyst and an expert on Pakistan affairs. Until November 2, 2014, she served as a coordinator for non-military...
President Trump’s speech and our reactions
Muhammad Ali Ehsan | My first impression after hearing President Trump’s speech was – does it serve our interest to be so diplomatically humiliated from...
Pakistan can pull the plug on the US
News Analysis | Pakistan has started to mull over options to confront the new US South Asia strategy which has ramped-up pressure on it. The...