Iran’s SCO membership is a big deal
ahmed sabirBy M. K. Bhadrakumar Like in a Wagnerian music drama, there is an associated melodic theme that accompanies the situations behind the two big regional developments last week the announcement…
Sound and Fury in the Post – 9/11 Middle East
In the end, years of upheaval led only to despair By Shadi Hamid Americans tend to lament 9/11 and its long aftermath by looking inward at what they and their…
China, Russia, Iran Turkey and Central Asian countries’ Economic block
By Interaction desk A safe passage through Afghanistan for all the countries connecting it to Gwadar to Russia and a safe passage through the Central Asia countries and Iran all…
The Declining market for secrets
US spy agencies must adapt to an open-source world By Zachery Tyson Brown & Carmen A. Medina For nearly three-quarters of a century, the United States intelligence community has supplied…
Iran’s SCO membership is a big deal
By M. K. Bhadrakumar Like in a Wagnerian music drama, there is an associated melodic theme that accompanies the situations behind the two big regional developments last week the announcement…
Afghanistan was a Ponzi scheme sold to the American public
When a scam falls apart, it collapses fast By Alan Richards & Steven Simon As the political fight over who lost Afghanistan gets bloodier, the latest round has shifted from…
Of Western wars and Muslim women
If Western wars are meant to 'liberate' Muslim women, why did centuries of Western military intervention fail to do so? By Marwan Bishara Twenty years ago, the United States and…
Once upon a Taliban
The war in Afghanistan is over Pakistan won By Fahd Husain No amount of hand wringing in Western capitals can change this hard reality. For now, at least. The post-victory…
Challenges ahead for Taliban administration?
The Taliban is set to retake power in Afghanistan 20 years after being ousted by US-led forces, with the president fleeing the country by plane and the militant group taking…
Pakistan and its war against terrorism
By Asif Haroon Raja A defense & security analyst terrorism in Pakistan is down, but by no means out. The number of terror attacks and the number of resulting fatalities…