How China’s currency policies will change the world
ahsanChinese 100 - yuan notes in Beijing on Aug. 25 Summary The recent fluctuations in China's currency typify the best and worst of a globalized world, where developments in…
China-Sri Lanka ties transcend partisan politics
By Yu Ning Sri Lanka's parliamentary election concluded on Tuesday, with the United National Party (UNP) edging out its rival, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). Mahinda Rajapaksa, former president…
Taliban ready for peace talks, who else?
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has brilliantly succeeded in squashing the dissent within the Afghan Taliban over the new leadership of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. The ISI took all in all less than…
Afghanistan’s 32 year refugee crisis
By Catherine Putz Afghanistan's refugee crisis is decades old. Afghans began fleeing the country after the Saur Revolution in 1978; more fled in the opening scenes of the Soviet invasion…
Coas and the Hornets
By Brig (R) Samson Simon Sharaf The swiftness, accuracy and effectiveness of Rangers led operations in Karachi in concert with National Accountability Bureau and Federal Investigation Agency against established centers…
Ex-Balochistan militants recount path to war with Pakistan
By Wajahat S. Khan The promise of an AK-47, money and a new motorcycle tipped Hammad into militancy at the age of 20. "I was given three men, a motorbike,…
China Has a Plan to Take Over Central Asia – and America Loves It
By : JOHN HUDSON Moments after landing at Lahore’s international airport one ordinary day in September, crowds of Chinese professionals jockeyed for position in an immigration line that was as…
The Raheel Doctrine
By Dr. Farrukh Saleem Trias politica is the doctrine of separation of political power. The doctrine of trias politica gave birth to Montesquieu's tripartite system of “separation of power among…
Move over Israel, it’s time for Iran
By M K Bhadrakumar Half a dozen good reasons can be given to expose that the South Block's lukewarm response to the Iran nuclear deal is wrong and cannot further…
Russia’s drone sub has Pentagon spooked
By Mir robotov The Pentagon has raised alarm at prospects of Russia building a drone submarine which apparently could attack harbours and strategic bases. Russia is apparently building a drone…
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