By targeting Iran Trump stokes sectarian fires across the Middle East
James M. Dorsey| By singling out Iran rather than tackling root causes, the Trump administration risks fuelling sectarianism across the Muslim world and exacerbating multiple...
Australian PM faces a domestic political storm after the leak reveals how he was bullied by Trump
Tony Walker | The domestic political storm faced by Australia’s prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, after his interaction with the bullying American president can only be...
Details of the ‘dumb’ refugee deal for which Trump insulted Australian PM
What was this refugee deal about that got Donald Trump all excited and hyper-ventilating? The agreement was made with the Obama administration in November...
Merger of FATA: to be or not to be?
Abdul Rahim | The debate over Federally Administered Tribal Area’s (FATA) reforms and what these should consist of and more importantly its merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
Is Pakistan at risk of coup in 2017 along with Turkey, Russia and US?
Alex Christoforou | As the joke goes… “Why has there never been a coup in Washington D.C.?” The answer: “Because there is no U.S. Embassy in Washington D.C.” The...
CPEC: Conspiracy Theories of Success & Failure
Samina Tippu | Pakistani public, media and now even Chinese stakeholders in CPEC have started celebrating as if China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has become reality...
Donald Trump’s administration now picks up fight with Germany
Alexander Mercouris | Peter Navarro, Donald Trump's chief trade adviser, says euro is an 'implicit Deutsche Mark' through which Germany exploits its trade competitors. Navarro is...
What’s really behind the immigration ban on Iranians: Politics or terrorism fears?
Daniel McAdams | So what's really driving the immigration ban on Iranian Muslims? In these early days of the Trump Administration, many on both the...
Why is PEMRA not playing its actual role?
Imtiaz Gul | There is no doubt under its new leadership Pemra has started playing an active role in regulating the electronic media. The latest...
Pakistan’s Tragedy: From Rule of Ballot to Rule of Thana!
Dr. Farid A Malik | In 2007 when civil society came out in support of the Lawyers Movement, the purpose was to enforce the rule...
Is America becoming an isolationist?
David Smith | Donald Trump is often called an “isolationist”. Some commentators argue he has revived a dormant isolationist tradition that goes all the way...
America is too big to fall. It is…but so too was the USSR
Adam Garrie | On the 21st of February, 2014, the Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signed a deal with his political opponents calling for early elections,...