Is FATF a tool reflecting US, UK hypocrisy?
Waqas Shabbir | United Kingdom was an ally of the US when both countries put forward the motion to put Pakistan on the terror watch-list...
Pakistan political system’s 21 day countdown
Farrukh Saleem| Judge Mohammad Bashir of Accountability Court-1, who is hearing graft cases against the ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members, retires...
Close to the Dead End, Sharifs Out to blow the system
Shaheen Sehbai| I am happy to write this in Calibri font, as it is not illegal anymore. But this piece can only be written in...
The pitfalls of Judicial Activism and what to do about It
Abdur Rahim | American historian and public intellectual Arthur Schlesinger Junior introduced the controversial term “Judicial activism” in Fortune Magazine in an article titled “...
Is Democracy merely rule of the majority?
Farah Adeed | Democracy is under the threat not only in Pakistan but across the globe. Authoritarian tendencies of political leaders in both established and transitional...
Afghanistan: The growing ethnic tension has its roots in history
Ishaq Ali | The government’s decision to issue computerized ID cards and mentioning the nationality as “Afghan” on the cards fueled a new political and...
Russia strongly denounces US policy in Syria as Pentagon continues military presence
M K Bhadrakumar | A major speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday at an international conference on the Middle East turned into...
Pakistan’s critical role in the New Cold War
M K Bhadrakumar | Afghanistan, no doubt, was what brought Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif to Moscow on a ‘working visit’ on February 20. This...
Pakistan-Russia counter terrorism co-operation
Zeeshan Hayat | Counter-terrorism cooperation has been an important aspect of Pakistan-Russia relations. During the visit of former President Pervez Musharraf to Russia in 2003,...
Pakistan gets cozy to China and Russia as US play blames game in Afghanistan
Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan’s reluctance to comply with the United States misdirected directives in Afghanistan enraged the Trump administration. It is accusing, maligning and...
Why it’s so hard to make sense of Trump’s foreign policy
Scott Lucas | Under Donald Trump, trying to predict, dissect and understand the US’s attitude to the world has become almost impossible – not that plenty...
Asia is set for a difficult year in 2018 – much of it centred around China
Nick Bisley | In 2017 we finally realised that the four decades of geopolitical stability enjoyed by Asian countries and societies had come to an end....