Day: December 3, 2019

Pakistan’s Foreign Relations and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

December 3, 2019 Opinion

The following article was written in response to a question asked by Ms. Sheila Khalid, a Ph.D. student working on the topic “Pakistan-Russia Relations in the Post-9/11 Era” at Quaid-e-Azam University…

The Ballad of India’s Kashmir and Israel’s Palestine

December 3, 2019 Opinion

“I believe the security situation will improve (in J&K), it will allow the refugees to go back, and in your lifetime, you will be able to go back … and you will be able to find security, because w…

Macron Tells NATO Russia Must Come in from the Cold War

December 3, 2019 Opinion

Last week I went through just some of the highlights as to why Russia is becoming a destination for global capital. For years it’s been a little lonely out here banging on about how well the Russian s…

Trials and Tribulations of Central Asia integration

December 3, 2019 Opinion

Crossing Tajikistan from west to northeast – Dushanbe to the Tajik-Kyrgyz border – and then Kyrgyzstan from south to north all the way to Bishkek via Osh, is one of the most extraordinary road trips o…

The Unfinished “Coup”: the End of the Netanyahu Era and the Political Earthquake Ahead

December 3, 2019 Opinion

This time, nothing seems to work. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has tried every trick in the book to save his political career and to avoid possible prison time. But for Israel’s longest…

Hong Kong is Now a ‘Tale of Two Cities’

December 3, 2019 Opinion

Before today’s election, Hong Kong had dropped out of the frontpage news while the city took a deep breath without any tear gas in the air, and both sides seem to have worked together to have smooth e…

Bolivia Coup, Masterminded in Washington: Post-Coup Update, Rigged Elections?

December 3, 2019 Opinion

With every passing day, it becomes clearer that the military coup in Bolivia on November 10th was masterminded in Washington DC. This reality will create yet a new difficulty in relations between the …

Atrocities by Terrorists Against Syrian Children Ignored by Western Media

December 3, 2019 Opinion

Western media, filing their reports on Syria from safe offices in New York and London, ignore atrocities committed almost daily against children and civilians by terrorists in Idlib. A recent report c…