Starring role of Taliban peace talks to bring stability in Afghanistan
Authors: Kinza Shaheen and Areeja Syed
The geostrategic location of Afghanistan
made it a buffer state between the British Empire and Russia till 1919. In the
following...
Back to an Authoritarian Past? Elections in Baja California
On the 2nd of June2019 Mexico held local
elections that proved to be a successful referendum on the incumbent
president’s popularity. These elections were the first...
Prime Minister Imran Khan & President Trump
Pakistan is under an amazing political
leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his PTI Party working hard on a new
vision for Pakistan with friendlier...
Climate change: UAE and Russia eye geopolitical and commercial mileage
Climate change, much like war, could prove to be a geopolitical and
commercial gold mine. At least, that is the take of DP World, Dubai’s...
Trump: Rebukes and Worries
It's one
for the history books, as they say. On
July 16, 2019, Donald Trump was formally rebuked by the House (in a 240 to 187
vote)...
Iran-US Tensions Are Unlikely to Spill into War
To the south of Georgia trouble is brewing
as Iran and the US (and its allies) are almost openly engaged in a military competition
around the...
Algerian soccer success is a double-edged sword
It took Algeria barely two weeks to charge Algerian soccer
fan Samir Sardouk and sentence him to a year in jail for harming the national...
Iran: Second stage of suspension of commitments under JCPOA nuclear deal
On May 8, 2019 - exactly a year after President Donald Trump’s
catastrophically ill-advised decision to withdraw the United States from the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
Muslim causes vs national interest: Muslim nations make risky bets
Saudi attitudes towards the plight of thousands of illegal Rohingya in
the kingdom fleeing persecution in Myanmar and squalid Bangladeshi refugee
camps help explain Saudi support...
Aftermath of US-Afghan Peace Talks
In Doha, the Capital of Qatar,
an unprecedented meeting co-hosted by German and Qatari officials brought
together diverse factions interested in achieving lasting Afghan peace. Sixteen
Taliban...