World Digest
Behind the scenes: Pakistan’s military helped revive talks with India
Asia Times MEHREEN ZAHRA-MALIK The quiet involvement of Pakistan's powerful military in its foreign policy this year paved the way...
Read moreModi’s unexpected visit to Pakistan will make little difference
The Guardian Kapil Komireddi Tensions are smoothed by unexpected diplomacy and personal relationships between leaders are applauded but then it’s business...
Read moreA Fearful Congress Sits Out the War Against ISIS
New York Times Editorial The omnibus spending bill Congress passed this month includes several explicit mentions of the military campaign...
Read moreAfghanistan: Going down
Arab News GWYNNE DYER If the Taliban were not so busy fighting the rival Daesh terrorists who began operating in...
Read more3 minutes that changed India-Pak. ties
The Hindu SUHASINI HAIDAR When Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif met in Paris less than a month ago,...
Read moreIs change within Iran forthcoming?
Gulf News Shahir Shahidsaless After 20 months of arduous negotiations, Iran and the world’s six powers reached a landmark deal...
Read moreRussia enters Modi’s ‘Make in India’ dream house where others fear to tread
Asia Times M.K. BHADRAKUMAR The annual India-Russia summit meeting later this week on December 24-25 promises to elevate the strategic...
Read moreAmerica Needs to Make a Deal With the Devil in Helmand
With Afghan troops against the wall, the United States needs to give up the dream of a perfect peace and...
Read moreOil’s not well with the world economy
Conflicts in the Middle East, namely in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq, and Europe's refugee crisis arising from the war...
Read moreHow Congress is holding Obama’s feet to the fire on Iran
Christian Science Monitor Howard LaFranchi The Iran nuclear deal may be signed, sealed, and on the road to implementation, but...
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 »