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The peril of ignoring the Taliban

Pakistan

Middle East

The peril of ignoring the Taliban

While imprisoning a nation of 40 million people, they are giving free rein to thousands of international Islamist terrorists

David Loyn

What explains the end of Sheikh Hasina’s rule over Bangladesh?

It was the party’s obsession with 1971 that eventually brought the prime minister down

David Bergman

Don’t sleep on the rise of cricket in America

The worry for English cricket is that, financially, it won’t keep pace

Daniel Rey

Bringing back rhinos in Pakistan

A foundation set up by my grandfather is trying to reintroduce the greater one-horned rhinoceros to its ancient heartland

Orson Fry

Pakistan

How Pakistani politics is like Monopoly

The country is mired in institutional corruption and dead-end politics. It is a failed state in all but name

Jawad Iqbal

Middle East
February 1, 2024
Pakistan’s Imran Khan is facing even more lawfare than Trump
The former president’s lawsuits are a mere bagatelle in comparison
Francis Pike
International
September 26, 2023
Has Canada refused to address Khalistani extremism?
Trudeau’s nation has little leverage over India, with trade at close to $9 billion, simply not large enough to matter in Indian eyes
Vivek Y. Kelkar
International
June 23, 2023
Imran Khan on the conspiracy against him
‘I expect to be arrested over the next, maybe, ten days or two weeks’
Joe Wallen
International
May 11, 2023
Is the CIA playing a role in the arrest of Pakistan’s prime minister?
Imran Khan was arrested this week
Francis Pike
Book Review
September 24, 2022
A complicated bond
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie reviewed
Chloë Ashby
International
August 23, 2022
Is Imran Khan Pakistan’s Donald Trump?
And did the CIA approve his removal?
Francis Pike
International
May 2, 2022
The Taliban’s Afghanistan quagmire
Overthrowing a corrupt government is a lot easier than governing
Daniel DePetris
Politics
March 9, 2022
Democrats double down on wasteful foreign aid
Thanks to Congress, the US taxpayer will continue to fund ‘gender programs in Pakistan’
Amber Duke
Policy
March 9, 2022
Noninterventionists never win arguments
How did we arrive to the same spot we were in on the eve of the Iraq War?
Leon Hadar
China
October 28, 2021
Can Beijing buy the Taliban?
Afghanistan is rich in resources. The Chinese Communists want to cash in
Ian Williams

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