The US whips up tensions in South Asia; Delhi’s NSG membership to be pushed
News analysis | The Trump administration is looking at options to support India's membership of the coveted Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Officials in the White...
Who are Afghan Taliban and why the US won’t be able to defeat them?
K. Hussain Zia | The Afghans are not a nation as such but a composition of numerous tribes. These form loose groupings based on ethnicity....
Trump unveiled an anti-CPEC strategy, not an Afghan one
Andrew Korybko | Trump recently announced his strategy for Afghanistan in a prime-time speech that was preceded by official announcements that the dispatch of approximately 4000...
Trump ‘New’ Afghanistan strategy is neither new, nor a strategy
Rupert Stone | It is a common feature of democratic politics that more a leader promises change, the more things will stay the same. Professions...
The winners and losers in Trump’s Afghan strategy – II
M K Bhadrakumar | (The first part is here.) CHINA China has paid high attention to the speech by US President Donald Trump on Monday outlining the way forward...
Shahbaz Sharif takes an honorable stance against the US begging bowl
News Desk | Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in a statement on Friday said that it is time for Pakistan to “politely and gratefully close...
Tillerson hints at Air strikes in Pakistan; will the US find targeting Pakistan lucrative?
News Analysis | Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson has hinted at possible air strikes inside Pakistan as part of the Trump administration strategy to compel...
The winners and losers in Trump’s Afghan Strategy – 1
M K Bhadrakumar | India and China are the only two regional capitals that have commented on the US President Donald Trump’s speech on August 21...
Will Trump’s ‘new’ Afghan strategy be successful?
Nasir Azeem | The Foreign Policy of every state on the world map is always carved out to protect its national interests. But what is...
Unlike Trump, JFK didn’t bend the knee to US Establishment
Jacob G. Hornberger | Like President Trump, President Kennedy was subjected to the same type of pressure by the Pentagon and the CIA to engage in...
Trumps’ new Afghan strategy- recipe for war, destruction and mayhem
Jan Achakzai | The US President Trump in his speech unveiled his administration’s much awaited Afghan strategy, setting out a commitment to send extra 4000...
Afghanistan is ripe for proxy war
M K Bhadrakumar | Russia has hinted in the past that the United States is covertly sponsoring the Islamic State in Afghanistan. On Thursday, Russian...