Preparing for President Biden
“Pakistan is fifty times more important to the United States, than Afghanistan”, Joe Biden to former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, January 2009. How can Pakistan best prepare for a Biden…
Kremlin snuffs out last avenues of dissent for Putin foes
MOSCOW: House raids, bugging devices, threats, violence and demeaning posters are just a few things Vladimir Putin’s critics have faced while trying to run for city parliament in the Russian…
Tight security ahead of Trump-Putin meeting in Helsinki
Finland may have largely shut down for the summer holidays but officials and police have been drafted back into work ahead of a historic summit in Helsinki between Donald Trump…
From reformer to hardliner: Putin’s 20 years on the global stage
Twenty years ago on Friday, Russian president Boris Yeltsin appointed his fourth prime minister in less than 18 months: Vladimir Putin, then a relatively unknown security services chief with scant…
Pakistan’s place in artificial intelligence and computing
In the world of science and technology, it is being said that we are at the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The first that lasted from 1760 to 1840…
Another win for Putin
As widely expected, President Vladimir Putin swept to victory in the Russian 2018 elections. Having won another six-year term without facing any serious challenge from his opponents, Putin will remain…
Living with a reality TV president
It is becoming increasingly impossible to keep up with the rough and tumble of the Trump White House. Just when you think you have managed to wrap your head around…
Trump praises Putin for holding back in US-Russia spy dispute
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for refraining from retaliation in a dispute over spying and cyber attacks, in another sign that the Republican plans…
Trump looms large over French presidential race
Donald Trump's election looms large over the race for president of America's oldest ally France, where mainstream candidates all style themselves as uniquely qualified to prevent the far-right from causing…
From US to Europe to Syria, stars align for Putin
Held at diplomatic arm's-length for years, Russian President Vladimir Putin is pivoting back to centre stage as his admirers and international allies rise to power, a move that analysts say…
