Opinion: India expected too much of Pakistan’s best friend
Indian diplomats and leaders should know that world leaders expect that India should be able to take care of its own military problems with its troublesome neighbor. It is not…
Two terrorist attacks, one in India and one in Iran, has Pakistan reeling
Due to an unfortunate series of events, Pakistan finds itself in a tricky position. While India is ratcheting up tensions in the aftermath of the Pulwama bombing, the…
Opinion: Revenge inadequate in Kashmir attack
The government refuses to accept that its stubborn approach fertilises the soil for terror. First light on Friday virtually shut the window on an immediate strike to counter the…
Attempts to isolate
Would a re-elected Modi rethink his Pakistan policies. Imran Khan and the military leadership have been expressing a desire for improved relations with India. But India is…
Pre-poll angst in India
Unlike even a couple of years ago when the BJP was full of self-confidence about its electoral prospects, the present is anything but certain. Unlike even a couple of years ago…
Stifling the press in Pakistan
Huma Yusuf looks at the deteriorating press situation in Pakistan. A “WALKING shadow”. A “poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage/ And then is heard no…
Previewing Sheikh Hasina’s fourth term
A unanimous poll decision leaves Sheikh Hasina with many decisions to make. It is the huge gaps in the numbers of votes polled by the winners and the losers in the 11th national…
Thailand staggering back towards democracy
With political restrictions eased, confidence is stirring that the people’s voice will be heard again in two months’ time. Thailand appears to be returning to a modicum of…
China has ‘open attitude’ on US trade
China has no set agenda when it comes to trade negotiations with the United States. China is adopting an open stance toward not only the next round of trade talks with the United…
Kidnapping of Meng due to US worries that it is in decline
An editorial in the China Daily argues that America’s insecurities are behind its arrest of a Huawei executive. Obviously, Washington intended to use Meng as a weight to…