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The news that the Americans recently held face-to-face talks with the Taliban suggests that longest war in US history may have reached a turning point, although the road to such a peace is long, rocky and plagued with as many improvised explosive devices as the highway from Kandahar to Kabul. That the 17-year old war has reached a tipping point seems clear. The Taliba
Read Full ArticleAfter Key China-Russia-Iran-Pakistan Meeting
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Last week saw a historic meeting in Islamabad between the intelligence chiefs of China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran. While the details of the meeting were not disclosed beyond statements implying that counter-terrorism was a dominating theme, it is a safe assumption that the war in Afghanistan was a major topic of discussion. Today, following on from the intelligence shared between national partners
Read Full ArticleRussia-Pak Media relations -The first ever Pakistan media delegation visited Russia
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The first ever Pakistan media delegation visited Russia from 9th to 16th September 2018 to interact with their counter-parts and share experiences. The delegation comprised big media stars like Rameeza Majid Nizami, Fahd Hussain, P.J Mir, Hafiz Tariq Mehmood, Mona Alam and Atif Sajjad. Although the time was short to grasp the essentials, it became epoch making in th
Read Full ArticleTrump’s Talk of Isolating Iran Speaks More to US Global Isolation
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The Trump administration re-imposed tough sanctions on Iran this week, but the move risks further isolating Washington, not
Read Full ArticleRussia-Pakistan Military Relations Are on the Path to a Strategic Partnership
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The statements made by the Russian and Pakistani Defense Ministers after their interaction at this year’s Moscow Conference on International Security show that the military relations between the two Great Powers are on the right track and moving them closer to clinching a long-awaited strategic partnership. Russia and Pakista
Read Full ArticleAnalysis: Why is Russia warming up to Pakistan?
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As Pakistan navigates its troubled relationship with the United States and scrambles to avoid being blacklisted for "not taking action on some of the entities and individuals designated as terrorists by the UN", regional alliances are shifting — and analysts po
Read Full ArticleTrump’s Pakistan Crisis is an Opportunity for Putin
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So the first thing the Republican US President Donald Trump did to start his new year was to open a cannon of insults against Pakistan, an old American ally from the Cold War days. The tirade of insults
Read Full ArticleWhy Russia Is Getting Closer To Pakistan And Abandoning India?
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Why Russia Is Getting Closer To Pakistan And Abandoning India?
Read Full ArticlePakistan: Russia's New Best Friend? by Arif Rafiq
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As the U.S.-India embrace tightens, former Cold War foes Pakistan and Russia are bolstering ties with one another. Pakistan was an early Cold War partner of the United States, ultimately helping to evict the Soviets from Afghanistan in 1989. While India proclaimed a policy of non-alignment, it was firmly allied with the Soviet Union, which served as its chief defense supplier for decades. Those
Read Full ArticleSaudi Arabia’s coalition crumbles in Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia’s coalition crumbles in Yemen. by Alex Christoforou November 27, 2017, 19:06 Middle East Eye editor-in-chief David Hearst notes that “All in all, the first military venture to be launched by the 32-year-old Saudi prince as defense m
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