World Digest
From Iran to Nigeria, cheap oil means perilous politics
Washington Post Fareed Zakaria One of Donald Trump’s stock campaign lines is that the Iran nuclear agreement was “terrible.” I’m...
Read moreStraight talk on Afghan peace talks
New York Times Marvin G. Weinbaum Hopes for reviving the Afghan peace process have risen once again. Meetings on January...
Read moreA Pipeline to South Asia Prosperity
Foreign Policy Magazine MOHSIN AMIN A proposed plan for a new natural gas pipeline could be an economic boon...
Read moreWhat happens next in Aleppo will shape Europe’s future
The Guardian Natalie Nougayrede If there were any doubts about Vladimir Putin’s objectives in Syria, the recent Russian military escalation...
Read moreBenefitting more from a moderate Iran
Gulf News Abdulkhaleq Abdulla Millions in Iran are reported to be happy to see some $50 billion (Dh183.9 billion) of...
Read moreWhy Obama fails the leadership test in the Middle East
Al Jazeera Marwan Bishara I'll be writing plenty about US foreign policy in the next few weeks as there is...
Read more‘The Rise of the American Taliban’: Pakistan’s elite on the Trump phenomenon
Foreign Policy Magazine LAWRENCE PINTAK KARACHI, Pakistan In the strongholds of hard-line Pakistani Islamist thought, they are talking about Donald...
Read moreA smuggler’s-eye view of Turkey’s effort to stop the migrants
The Economist IN BASMANE, a gritty neighbourhood in the heart of the Turkish port city of Izmir, a plump, smartly-dressed...
Read morePakistan: A dangerous alliance?
Al Jazeera Madiha Tahir | Saleem Mehsud A key figure, often identified with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), has issued...
Read moreObama’s Disastrous Betrayal of the Syrian Rebels
Foreign Policy Magazine EMILE HOKAYEM How the White House is handing victory to Bashar al-Assad, Russia, and Iran What a...
Read moreEchoes of the Heart
Kazakh President satisfied with results of talks with Putin
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signified satisfaction following the lengthy face-to-face talks with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Sochi, the Facebook account of the President’s press secretary Ruslan Zheldibay reads. During the talks the parties debated a wide range of issues concerning trade and economic, investment, humanitarian cooperation, cooperation of the two nations in the […]Read More »