Will Iraq’s Shia militias give Iran a ‘road to the sea’?
By Seth J. Frantzman On May 29, the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a group of Shia militias that are part of the Iraqi government's security forces, reached…
By Seth J. Frantzman On May 29, the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a group of Shia militias that are part of the Iraqi government's security forces, reached…
US President Donald Trump's reported decision to delegate the Afghan war to Defense Secretary James Mattis reflects smart thinking. The POTUS doesn't have a military mind unlike his predecessor Barack…
What on earth has brought the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to Afghanistan? The most obvious explanation could be that he is obliged to pay a visit to Afghanistan…
By Stephen J. Hadley & Moeed Yusuf The Trump administration's Afghanistan policy review provides an opportunity to confront a central truth: No strategy, even with more troops, will succeed without…
By Daniel R. DePetris The handwriting is on the wall: Whether it's a strategically sound policy or not, it's likely the Trump administration will authorize the Pentagon to deploy an…
Abu Ahmed, lives in Bosnia and Herzegovina Pakistan! Pakistani people! What to say, I really don't know, since everything I write would be understatement how much we appreciate help from Pakistan,…
By Rauf Klasra As the nation celebrates the eleventh anniversary of Pakistan's nuclear tests today (May 28), a shocking 30-year-old secret has been exposed. It reveals how a young woman…
By Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav I am a commissioned officer in the Indian Navy. And my alias name was Hussain Mubarak Patel. And I was basically; I'd visited Karachi on 2…
Pakistan could prove to be a problematic poster child for the SCO By Wali Zahid The SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, this month is over. Pakistan, along with…
By Afshin Molavi Last week, Pakistan achieved a quiet milestone, returning to the prestigious MSCI Emerging Markets Index after losing its status in 2008. Joining 23 other countries on the…