Afghan Army’s biggest set back: Has Trump’s ‘Mother of all Bombs’ backfired?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | In a gruesome attack on the Afghan National Army headquarters, more than 100 people lost their lives. The military formation...
Deadlock in Geneva: who is preventing new dialogue on Syria?
Sophie Mangal | The preparations for the next meetings on Syria in Astana and Geneva scheduled for May are gaining momentum. Politicians continue to express...
US’ Jet hovers over Korean Peninsula monitoring radioactive levels
Washington dispatched a WC-135 Constant Phoenix to monitor radioactivity levels at the Korean Peninsula. The United States on Tuesday sent a nuclear sniffer aircraft to fly over the...
Back room deal between Trump & China over North Korea?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | A quarter of the way through TV programmes in the weekend on two leading Malayalam channels, it dawned on me that...
US Deep State is using “Trump” card to play the game it wants
Muhammad Azam | In the past two weeks, the state of the White House has sublimated from chaotic damage control to a visibly coherent institution...
After last week’s visit to the USA: China now going to Russia to clear up matters?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that the Director of the General Office of the Communist Party of China Li Zhanshu...
Why the US National Security Agencies need to keep a ‘Cold War’ going
Jacob G. Hornberger | The year 1989 brought an unexpected shock to the U.S. national-security establishment. The Soviet Union suddenly and unexpectedly tore down the...
China & U.S Alliance to restrain North Korea’s Nuclear ambition?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The suspense over the possibility of North Korea conducting another nuclear test has dissipated. Almost exactly as Chinese commentators had advised...
So who was the real target of “Mother of All Bombs”?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The decision by the US commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, to drop the ‘mother of all bombs’ on an alleged...
The US in Afghanistan: A tale of follies & miscalculations
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | The decision to use GBU 43 bomb - the mother of all bombs - against hideouts of ISIS in Nangarhar,...
U.S Foreign Policy on Yemen is ‘The Mother of All Lies’
David Swanson | The Mother of All Lies is this: you can fix things by blowing them up. Alcoholics should not drink, and people who...
US Defense Secretary’s clarification over their Syrian actions
M. K. Bhadrakumar | Amidst the contradictory voices from within the US administration regarding Syria over the weekend – American priority in the war (ISIS...