The Uncertain Future of the Sino-Myanmar Pipeline
Domestic political opposition and security concerns in Myanmar could threaten an energy pipeline built in the country by China. The pipeline, which runs through ethnic militia dominated Shan and...
View ArticleIn Afghanistan, Peace Talks Face an Uncertain Future
Peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban aimed at paving way for some sort of power-sharing agreement have reached a stalemate since news broke that Mullah Mohammad Omar had died more than two years...
View ArticleIstanbul Attacks Highlight an Overlooked Threat
Istanbul was the scene of two terrorist attacks on Aug. 10.In the first, a bomb attack and assault against a police station in the city’s
View ArticleIn China, a Canceled Meeting Sends a Message
A day after Chinese state media reported that key government figures were in the beach resort town of Beidaihe welcoming researchers and scholars, state media
View ArticleSri Lanka gets a jumbo cabinet
President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe have their compulsions in putting in place a strong national unity government. So, the size of the cabinet constituted after two...
View ArticleAre Bangladesh's Competing Parties Ready to Negotiate?
Bangladesh has witnessed a rash of Islamist attacks against government institutions, security forces, secular bloggers and other civilian soft targets in recent months. And, on their
View ArticleThe Lives of Jihadist Leaders Drop in Value
Much has been written since the July 30 confirmation that the Taliban's longtime leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, died two years ago. Most of the discussion
View ArticleTrouble for India-Pakistan Peace Talks, four Indian soldiers killed in Poonch
Five Indian soldiers were killed Aug 6 in Poonch district along the LoC- it is the same area where an Indian soldier was killed and
View ArticleChina expands influence in 'economic colony' Pakistan
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Pakistan promises to boost the Islamic country's struggling economy, but experts warn there are many strings attached to Beijing's aid, says Radio Deutsche Welle...
View ArticleArabs in the jihadist Woodstock
The Arabs at War in AfghanistanAuthor: Mustafa Hamid and Leah FarrallPublisher: Hurst;Pgs: 355The Arabs at War in Afghanistan, by an al Qaeda fellow traveller, Mustafa
View ArticleAfter NSA Fiasco, India Has to Show Firmness
Since there is little prospect of India-Pakistan talks resuming in the near future after Pakistan called off the NSA-level talks, New Delhi must show firmness in dealing with the petulant and...
View ArticleMQM troubles expose ISI raw games
While seeking to undermine the MQM andits supremo Altaf Hussain, the ISI,which is known as State within a State hasexposed its raw gamesCarefully orchestrated Pakistan's
View ArticleGilgit –Baltistan goes to polls today under Pak Army care
Even before a single ballot was cast in today's G-B Legislative Assembly election, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's, PML-N is all set to host victory celebrations
View ArticleStrikes hit hard Chinas free trade zones
With Communist China turning into a Bamboo Capitalist, and opting for free trade zones to give a fillip to the sagging economy, lofty socialist ideals
View ArticleRajapaksa eyeing an amazing comeback
Making a determined comeback bid, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is re-positioning himself as he only strong Sinhala leader who is capable of taking on the devious Tamils, and hopes in the process...
View ArticleWho is who of Baloch Insurgency
Balochistan is in the throes of the fifth and longest running insurgency since 1947. Triggered in 2005 by the rape of a lady doctor allegedly
View ArticleMurder of Tamil student sparks protests in northern Sri Lanka
Sinhala chuvanist elements have seized the protests in Jaffna over the rape and murder of a Tamil girl to reinvent the bogey of LTTE once again.
View ArticleChina’s Slow down Blues- rate cut announced
On May 9th China’s central bank has cut interest rates for the third time in six months in a bid to counter an economic slowdown
View ArticleSeymour Hersh's piece on bin Laden assassination is "spot on"
The 10,000-word essay by Seymour Hersh in London Review of Books (published on Sunday May 9) has put a new spin on what we know
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