Afghanistan on the verge of peace?
September 28 this year is the date for the Afghan presidential election. The US wants ...
Understanding the Afghan endgame
The 2019 thrill is that Afghanistan is readying itself for experiencing once again the endgame ...
The endgame — second phase
The expected endgame in Afghanistan is becoming apparent with both sides, the US and the ...
Donald Trump’s “America first”
US President Donald Trump might be resorting to a course correction attempt on his country’s ...
A low ebb in Pak-US relations
The lowest ebb of Pak-US bilateral relations is now discernable, marked by counterclaims and recriminations. ...
Pakistan’s Afghan challenge
A myriad accidents impinges on already tenuous bilateral ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan – two ...
Pakistan: in search of a new master
On 17 September 2018, in his maiden address to parliament, President Arif Alvi said that ...
Culmination of the London Plan
The authenticity of what was known in the past has been confirmed now: the London ...
The cost of Pak-US estrangement
Pakistan tends to labour under the assumption that the US needs Pakistan more than the ...
Resetting ties with the US
Under the euphoria of a “Naya Pakistan” (New Pakistan), Pakistan yearns for resetting its bilateral ...