Trump vs Pakistan
The US president’s remarks are political, not policy statements.
Touqir Hussain
Taliban unbound?
Afghanistan can only be fixed by the Afghans, but they need Pakistan’s help not hindrance.
Kashmir scenarios
There is going to be a fierce clash of wills.
Afghan quagmire
We should not persist in our traditional support for the Taliban.
Singaporean model
Good governance is central to a nation’s rise.
Pak-India trajectory
History’s shadow has darkened the two states’ view of each other.
‘Deadly embrace’
The US will demand too much and Pakistan expect too much.
Attempts to isolate
How has India’s Pakistan policy endured for so long?
Three to tango
The US is not known for handling complexity in foreign affairs.
Troubled ties
It is not Pakistan but its services that have been important to the US.
Kashmir dilemma
Our present approach is not getting the Kashmiris anywhere.
An obsolete policy
We may not be isolated but we are stranded.
NON-FICTION: EUROPE’S ISLAM ‘PROBLEM’
The fourth part of a quartet on relations between the West and Muslims post-9/11 focuses on Europe’s interaction
New choices
Can we redefine a foreign policy that’s reached a dead end?
Not just Trump
This US is looking to punish Pakistan while still engaged with it.
Pak-Afghan truth
Public relations is not a substitute for policy.
Policy confusions
No genuine foreign policy debate was encouraged for fear that it might contradict the official paradigm.
Policy dilemmas
Pakistan has to deal with more than two Americas.
Second term’s challenges
IT is too early to know the state of US-Pakistan relations under Obama’s second term. These relations are a derivative of America’s overall foreign policy which is not quite evident yet.
Uncertain times
THE tragic killing of Pakistan’s security personnel by Nato forces refocuses attention on the nagging question as to what the US-Pakistan relationship is about.