Qatar backtracks on labor rights: Rise of illiberal world order?
James M. Dorsey | A recent Qatari decision has led to it backtracking on the minimal improvements the country was making in terms of employment...
Rafsanjani’s death: A shift in Indo-Iran relationship?
Shashank Joshi | While Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s death comes as a blow to Iran’s reformists, the template of Tehran-New Delhi ties established during his...
Dangerous implications of India’s cold start doctrine
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | India's Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat's, confirmation about the existence of the’ Cold Start Doctrine’ verified Pakistan’s serious concerns about India’s...
Pakistan, China and Russia: New Great Game in South & Central Asia?
Abdul Rahim | A tense geostrategic scenario is building up in the Indian Ocean Region. Signs of a new great game are on the horizon....
Are KP police capable of fighting terror and crime?
Imtiaz Gul | Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has seen a remarkable turnaround in the fight against terrorist and extremist groups in the last couple of...
Cold War new norm between India & Pakistan..?
Fahd Humayun | If there is to be a regional policy takeaway from 2016, it is that New Delhi’s apathy for a rapprochement with...
Has Russian Czar handed America’s President Elect a poisoned apple to eat?
Tony Walker | Finally, Donald Trump has publicly conceded that Russia sought to influence last year’s US presidential election by hacking the website of the Democratic...
Obama’s legacy: To be between the two worst presidents in US history?
Mark Beeson What will be the legacy of Obama. Barack Obama’s presidency was always bound to be something of a disappointment. Few presidents have entered...
Justice Siddique – Obituary of an imperfect man; just like all of us!
Moeed Pirzada | Justice (retd) Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, Sindh’s Governor died after chest pain, on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. He was 78, and was ill for...
Pakistan 2016: Sandwiched between hostile India & Afghanistan; Will 2017 be any different?
Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | PAKISTAN’S relations with its eastern and western neighbours are not very optimistic at the beginning of 2017. Both India and...
Javed Hashmi: Non-Rebel With a Personal Cause
Ghulam Mustafa | Too much of it can go to your head and I am not talking about that amber liquid either. Acquiring or living...
Islamic State violence fuels culture wars and widens generation gaps in Turkey
James M. Dorsey | The Islamic State’s New Year’s Eve bombing of an upscale nightclub in Istanbul has fuelled culture wars in Turkey and Israel and...