Imran Khan’s long-standing support for dialogue with the Taliban and similar factions has had considerable implications for Pakistan’s security. Initially, Khan’s advocacy for peace negotiations with groups such as the TTP was seen as a bold move to curtail violence in Pakistan. However, as terrorist attacks rise across the country, critics argue that his policies have inadvertently emboldened these factions, […]

It might seem that within BRICS, Russia should be overshadowed by the giant economies of China and India, especially the former. Yet what is happening is almost the opposite, with Russia effectively taking over the leading role in the club. Russia’s war against Ukraine has not only shattered lives and upended international relations. It is also changing the character and […]

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has held talks with India on improving bilateral ties and seeking increased humanitarian assistance for the impoverished country, officials reported Thursday. Jitender Pal Singh, the Indian foreign ministry’s point-person for Afghanistan, led his delegation’s meetings with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and a rare interaction with Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob, among others, during the November 4-5 […]

The notion of a “Greater Afghanistan,” murmured in Afghan nationalist circles, is more fantasy than feasible, a mirage conjured by a handful of fervent propagandists. History and reality offer a stark rebuttal, laying bare the implausibility of this dream. Such ideas are so far from the complexities of the region’s cultural and political landscape that one might call them the […]

Récemment, les remarques de la représentante au commerce des États-Unis, Katherine Tai (photo), ont été démenties par l’ambassade de Chine au Brésil. Lors de sa participation au sommet commercial du B20 à São Paulo, Mme Tai a suggéré que le Brésil devait « se pencher sur les risques » avant de s’engager dans la coopération avec l’Initiative de la Ceinture […]

Le mot « civilisation » est utilisé librement comme si sa signification était évidente. Mais le contenu du concept de « civilisation » varie et on peut se demander s’il est même possible de parler de « civilisation » au singulier. Comme il est très courant au Brésil que tout débat soit extrêmement tardif, on débat aujourd’hui de la question […]

The following is the Balochistan Liberation Charter promoted by the Free Balochistan Movement, headed by Hyrbyair Marri, one of the most popular leaders among Baloch people. He is the son of the renowned Baloch nationalist leader Khair Bakhsh Marri, who was the chief of the Marri Baloch tribe and head of the National Awami Party (NAP). Hyrbyair Marri supports the […]

A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing four officers and wounding five others, officials said Thursday, and the same day two schoolchildren were killed when a mortar exploded near them elsewhere in the northwest. The roadside bombing happened Wednesday in South Waziristan district, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, local police […]

There’s no such thing as a winnable warIt’s a lie we don’t believe anymore We share the same biology, regardless of ideologyBut what might save us, me and youIs if the Russians love their children too So sang Sting. He was – I think he still is – a marvelous singer. But the naïve notions expressed in that 1985 song […]

Making the Case for Trump’s Foreign Policy Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin phrase that emerged in the fourth century that means “If you want peace, prepare for war.” The concept’s origin dates back even further, to the second-century Roman emperor Hadrian, to whom is attributed the axiom, “Peace through strength—or, failing that, peace through threat.”