China’s aid to Nepal: closer relations on horizon worries India
Yubaraj Ghimire China’s pledge for a grant of one billion RMB for post-earthquake reconstruction and border road construction last month came as a new year...
Pakistani Media: Prisoner of Cross-Media Ownership?
By: Zainab Assad I am a student of journalism and currently studying in one of the most prestigious women colleges of Pakistan. I often scare...
Media Aazadi, magar Barayay Naam!
By: Zainab Assad I am a student of journalism and currently studying in one of the most prestigious women colleges of Pakistan. I often scare...
Are Russia and China Creating a New World Order in Eurasia?
James M Dorsey| A new Russian-led, China-backed Eurasia-centred world order may be in the making. This is against the backdrop of alleged Russian cyber warfare...
HIS MASTER’S VOICE? Mevlanas of our times!
HIS MASTER’S VOICE? by Lt. Gen. Ghulam Mustafa (R) Maulana Fazlur Rehman gives totally new dimensions to political expediency whenever he is cornered, which is very...
A Vision of Trump’s Middle East: Back to the Future
By James M. Dorsey President-elect Donald J. Trump’s, clearest indication yet of his policy approach towards the Middle East and North Africa, was tucked into...
Porcupine of the Pakistani Politics?
by Lt. Gen. Ghulam Mustafa (R) Porcupine Syndrome isn’t a well-known term. In fact, it isn’t a term at all and therefore, not understood. I...
Why Modi needs to wake up? Advice from a Pakistani
Imtiaz Gul | Indian hardliner party Shiv Sena, according to an editorial in Saamana, wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban Pakistani film and artists. “Can...
Moscow has the world’s attention. For Putin, that’s a win.
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin is winning. For now. The Russian leader is winning because the post-Cold War order he has railed against has been thrown into...
Religion and Education Around the World
Large gaps in education levels persist, but all faiths are making gains – particularly among women. Jews are more highly educated than any other major...
Saudi-Egypt crisis leaves Israel concerned
Mountains of words have been written about the wonders of the “Sunni axis” of pragmatic Arab states, each of which maintains an “extramarital affair” — that is, low-profile...
Rouhani: Do you think we’ll let Trump rip up nuclear deal?
In December 1953, less than four months after the Anglo-American-instigated coup to topple Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, students at Tehran University went on...