Bangladesh on the brink
ahsanBy Tahmima Anam Over the last few weeks, the body count of intolerance has been unbearably high in Bangladesh. It started when an Italian aid worker named Cesare Tavella was…
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Revitalizing Pakistan’s Economy: The role of the special investment facilitation council
Report on the Book Launch ceremony ” The Security Imperative: Pakistan’s Nuclear Deterrence and Diplomacy “
The sword of defense
OPED: Prioritizing the future of healthcare in Baluchistan
Power sector reforms
Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH)
A Conqueror is a Conqueror:
Pakistan calls for genuine consideration and practical assistance
The Greater Israel plan and the US primacy
Minorities in Indian polity
By Kadayam Subramanian The UN Declaration on Minorities, 1992 brings out the need for special attention to the 'national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities'. The Constitution of India, 1950…
Cashing in on the decision to keep US troops in Afghanistan
By Kate Brannen Why Obama dropping his promise to end America's longest war is going to give contractors billions of dollars. In August, the nation's top military officer came to…
Putin’s plan
The latest meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club (its 12th) took place in Sochi. As always, the participants talked about a wide range of issues in contemporary international life, arguing…
Putins initiative for global peace
By Gen Mirza Aslam Beg Russian military intervention in Syria is a deliberate act, based on years of planning. Putin solved domestic problems; re-juvinated the armed forces; ensured security of…
The Islamic State’s trap for Europe
By Harleen Gambhir Last week, President Obama said that the Islamic State is “ contained ” in Iraq and Syria, but the group's attacks in Paris soon afterward showed that…
Embarrassing and dumb
By James J Zogby “When I entered the prime minister's office for my second term, I was summoned to Washington. 'Not one brick', they told me… The pressure from the…
Living in pitiless times – Baghdad, Beirut and Paris
By Vijay Prasha A week of horrible carnage bomb blasts in Beirut and Baghdad and then the cold-blooded shootings in Paris. Each of these acts of terror left dead bodies…
China’s pacific overtures
By Simon Winchester The dangerous game of chicken now being played out in the South China Sea, with American warships sailing provocatively close to a clutch of new-made Chinese islands,…
Road map for China’s 2020 vision
By Pepe Escobar Everybody's doing the Shisanwu. Well, at least hundreds of millions of Chinese are. Here's the pop version; call it the new Chinese five-year plan for dummies. You…
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