Saudis stop the oil flood or else
ahsanBy Eric Margolis One night in his tent in Tripoli, Libya, Col. Muammar Khadafi told me, “the Saudis are a very rich family hiding behind high walls, terrified their neighbors…
How Syrian children are turned into the next generation of ISIS fighters
By Rachel Bryson In order to take examinations, at least 20 per cent of children in Syria have to cross active conflict zones. But prior to the civil war, attendance…
What corruption indexes don’t tell us about Afghanistan
By Helena Malikyar Three global watchdog reports came out last week highlighting Afghanistan's scornful predicament in 2015. Their findings reveal a rise in corruption and human rights violations and a…
Balochistan is part of Pakistan
By Agha Gul I agree with you so far as US administration's vision and strategy goes. Having strategic mobility, the US ends up being every country's neighbour, hence the effects,…
Turkey’s Syrian calculation
By Patrick Cockburn A month before Turkey shot down a Russian bomber which it accused of entering its airspace, Russian military intelligence had warned President Vladimir Putin that this was…
A new Palestinian leader for all?
By Daoud Kuttab It is not clear what the chief of Palestinian intelligence, Majid Faraj, had in mind when he gave an interview to the United States-based website Defence News.…
What stands in CPEC’s way?
By Muhammad Daim Fazil When Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the blueprint for the enormous $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project last year, Pakistan was understandably pleased. The Pakistani…
What US candidates mean for the ME
By Kerry Boyd Anderson The United States presidential elections have entered a new phase, as Republicans and Democrats begin choosing who will be their candidate. After the February 1 Iowa…
How America was lost
By Paul Krugman Once upon a time, the death of a Supreme Court justice wouldn't have brought America to the edge of constitutional crisis. But that was a different country,…
Making Pakistan food secure
By : Professor Dr. Shahida Wizarat It is quite ironic that Pakistan basically an agricultural country producing more than one fifth of its output from agriculture and a little less…
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