Escalation of Gulf crisis: were negotiated solutions an illusion?
James M. Dorsey | The Gulf crisis that pits Saudi Arabia and the UAE against Qatar is set to escalate with Doha certain to ignore...
Yemeni journalists caught amid Saudi coalition and Houthi rebels
Global Voices | The conflict in Yemen, which erupted more than two years ago between Houthi rebels and forces backing the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, has...
A possible new makeover for US and Russia?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The White House disclosed Thursday during a media briefing on President Donald Trump’s forthcoming trip to Europe next week that he will meet...
Detente 2.0’ between Russia and the US: an unconvincing idea under Trump
Chandra Rekha | Donald Trump has been in the spotlight since his appointment as the President of the United States and the many controversies surrounding...
Trump’s travails may spill over to Euphrates valley
M. K. Bhadrakumar | So it wasn’t mere coincidence that Russia ‘test-fired’ on Tuesday from a submerged state-of-the-art submarine its most advanced ICBM with a...
Gulf crisis stalemate fuels fears in Muslim Asia
James M. Dorsey | Vulnerable Asian states are bracing for possible pressure to back a Saudi-UAE boycott of Qatar as efforts to mediate an end...
Trump cracks deals with Modi; sells Pakistan dummies!
Dr. Muhammad Ali Ehsan | Twenty weeks into his presidency, President Donald Trump continues to keep the world confused and guessing on how and what...
How was the demand for Pakistan justified on secular grounds?
Nauman Sadiq l Although secularism, pluralism, and multiculturalism are the accepted social axioms of the modern worldview, but a demand for separate nationhood on the...
Why has the Islamic state targeted Europe in particular?
Nauman Sadiq l In less than three months, three horrific terror attacks took place in the United Kingdom: the Westminster plowing and stabbing incident on March...
A burning issue
Ikram Sehgal | On June 25, a day before Eid, an oil tanker carrying 40000Â liters of fuel from Karachi to Lahore overturned when a tire...
KP legislators’ drive towards social welfare
Ibrahim Qazi | 6th February 2017 and 2nd March 2017 marked two significant days in the history of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa assembly when Mr. Mohammad Atif...
CPEC: a corridor of prosperity or uncertainty?
Myrah Qadeer Khan | Quite frequently these days’ people talk of research, both in academic institutions and outside. Several research studies are undertaken and accomplished...