World Digest

New York Times RICK GLADSTONE Iran has infuriated American critics over the past few weeks with missile tests that skeptics...

All attention has been on Isis. But the moment a truce gave Syrians scope to protest, they remind the world...

Asia Times JOHN POWER With its proposals to sharply boost defense spending and build a much farther-reaching military, Australia says...

Foreign Policy Magazine DAVID FRANCIS A Brexit could make the U.K.’s special relationship with the United States a lot less...

Al Jazeera Cengiz Aktar The sudden interest of both parties in each other is entirely due to the refugee crisis...

Hassan Kamal It was very much expected that Taliban would be taking advantage of deteriorating failing Afghan security apparatus and...

Washington Post Tim Craig During a speech to international business leaders here in late November, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shocked...

Asia Times RICHARD A. BITZINGER Most militaries would kill for a 7.6% increase in their defense budgets. For China’s People’s...

Gulf News Joseph A. Kechichian There is now a reformist/moderate conservative bloc in parliament and a significant change within the...

The Hindu SUHASINI HAIDAR In October 2006, India supported Shashi Tharoor’s bid to become United Nations Secretary General. The battle...