Trump’s Afghan policy
ahmed sabirBy Shirin Naseer After more than six months of review and consultation, President Trump's speech at the Fort Myer military base finally laid out the long-awaited US military plans for…
Presidential bomb threats at the UN
By John Laforge Donald Trump denounced North Korea and its president Kim Jong-un as “depraved” before the United Nations Sept. 19, saying the nation “threatens the entire world with unthinkable…
Bannon’s China agenda should leave White House
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed in a statement that Steve Bannon, along with Chief of Staff John Kelly, had agreed that Friday would be Bannon's final day at…
The US dilemma
By Lt Gen (R) Tariq Khan The US finds it does not know how to dismount the tiger. The US is finding the War in Afghanistan a little too hot…
Great Central Asia, America’s counter measure to China – Pakistan Economic Corridor
By Ajmal Sohail China's ambitious global geo-political objective has raised concern among American strategists, which China attempts to Isolate America at the global level. The claim has become more evident…
Is China leaping past us?
Sixty years ago this fall, the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching into orbit Earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. The beach ball-sized spacecraft was an astounding scientific achievement,…
US should be cautious about military power
By Yang Yi News that Admiral Harry Harris, head of US Pacific Command, may be appointed as US ambassador to Australia has aroused people's attention. Some experts believe that the…
Syrian conflict is ending but US stays put
By M K Bhadrakumar The Syrian government forces have broken through the ISIS' 3-year long siege of the air base in the eastern city of Dier Ezzor. The dramatic developments…
A new strategy for Afghanistan
The best bet for India is to use Trump's interest in India, but re-crafting an India - US partnership that addresses India's core concerns and possibly of Pakistan By Maroof Raza…
Stop asking the Taliban to surrender
By Ben Acheson Imagine for a second that you are a member of the Taliban. Let's say you are in your early thirties so you were an impressionable teenager in…