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...
Trump slams Pakistan; calls upon India to help in Afghanistan
News Analysis | US President Donald Trump ratified the deployment of thousands of more troops in war-torn Afghanistan after months of deliberations and dithering. This...
Trump draws geopolitical battle lines in South Asia
James M. Dorsey | President Donald J. Trump has drawn battle lines in South Asia that are likely to have a ripple effect across Eurasia:...
More foreign policy blow back in Spain
Jacob G. Hornberger | Last week, 13 more people died in Spain as a consequence of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and Afghanistan....
Trump presidency is like a rudderless ship after Bannon’s exit
M. K. Bhadrakumar | An imminent departure of the White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon had been talked about for weeks, even months. But when Bannon’s...
Lull before the storm: where are Washington and Pyongyang headed ?
News Analysis | The nuclear brinkmanship on the Korean Peninsula lessened somewhat on Wednesday with reports coming out that the fiery leader of DPRK, Kim...