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Russia & Iran review Syrian operations

By M K Bhadrakumar The reverberations of the US missile attack in Syria on Thursday are inexorably felt in the geopolitical arena. A series of developments through the weekend signals…

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Rope in women and tribal leaders to rebuild Libya

By Aïssata Athie Clashes between rival governing authorities and associated militias continue to erupt in Libya. In late March, the Gharyan tribe pulled its support from the United Nations-backed Government…

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US& Russia haven’t been this close to a clash since the Cold War

By Leonid Bershidsky With one missile strike on a Syrian airfield, President Trump called two bluffs at once but likely set back his proclaimed goal of defeating ISIS. The predawn…

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ISIS has finally reached central Egypt but that’s not even al-Sisi’s biggest problem

By Robert Fisk So it's back to Egypt's ghastly prisons, no arrest warrants, fearful interrogations, and a presidential state of emergency which brings the army back onto the streets. But…

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Outbidding rivals

By Mian Sanaullah Unfortunately the internal instability in Afghanistan is not subsiding. On the contrary, the security situation is threatening the near collapsed National Unity Government in Kabul. In comparison,…

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Washington holds key to peace with the Taliban

By Richard G. Olson This year, America's war in Afghanistan will pass a grim milestone as it surpasses the Civil War in duration, as measured against the final withdrawal of…

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Shahbaz over Golan

Post-haste summons for volunteers found an eager band of sixteen PAF fighter pilots on their way to the Middle East, in the midst of the 1973 Ramadan war. After a…

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Non-proliferation politics

By Saima Sial It is an established fact but not widely known  that Pakistan has been using nuclear technology for a wide range of peaceful applications for a long time.…

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Nuclear ban treaty – A Pakistani perspective

By Dr. Christine M Leah & Saima Aman Sial At the UN General Assembly recently nearly two-thirds of UN members that do not possess nuclear weapons, participated in a conference…

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Parkinson’s disease spreading at an alarming rate, would be doubled by year 2030

Experts on Tuesday said that Parkinson's disease was spreading at an alarming rate in Pakistan and it is feared that by year 2030, number of patients with neurological, movement disorder…

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