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    • Thursday, 19 July, 2018
      Geopolitics
      Afghan peace process requires a neutral mediator

      The proposed US-Taliban talks will founder without an outside supervisor

    • Friday, 16 February, 2018
      ObituaryGender politics
      Asma Jahangir, 1952-2018, human rights activist and lawyer

      A feminist icon striving to build a new Pakistan

    • Wednesday, 10 January, 2018
      The ExchangeUS politics & policy
      Pakistan struggles while Afghanistan celebrates Trump’s cuts

      Polarisation over sanctuary for the Taliban adds to Islamabad’s political turmoil

    • Thursday, 21 December, 2017
      The ExchangeTerrorism
      Pakistan’s NGO ban strengthens extremist groups

      Move by Islamabad is a blow to an already vulnerable civic society

    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2017
      The ExchangeEmerging markets
      Iran appears confident it can deal with a hostile US

      Internal tensions over the Revolutionary Guards aside, Tehran’s foreign policy is set

    • Wednesday, 4 October, 2017
      US politics & policy
      Why closing the Taliban’s Qatar office would be an error

      The plan mooted by the Trump administration has enraged state department officials

    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2017
      The ExchangeUS politics & policy
      Trump’s Afghan policy is tougher than Pakistan expected

      The shift toward rival India is a setback for Islamabad

    • Sunday, 30 July, 2017
      World
      Pakistan can survive the chaos of Nawaz Sharif’s ousting

      The country can benefit if the military lets the judiciary deal with corruption

    • Friday, 21 July, 2017
      The ExchangeBelt and Road Initiative
      The stakes are high for China in Pakistan and Afghanistan

      Beijing aims to protect both regional stability and its One Belt, One Road project

    • Friday, 21 April, 2017
      The ExchangeWorld
      Judgment leaves Nawaz Sharif free to prepare for elections

      Public anger at corruption is just one of the issues Pakistan’s PM has to face

    • Friday, 24 February, 2017
      The ExchangeWorld
      Militant groups forge ties as Pakistan havens remain
    • Saturday, 4 February, 2017
      The ExchangeWorld
      UAE’s relationship with Taliban questioned after Afghanistan bomb
    • Friday, 13 January, 2017
      The ExchangeWorld
      Moscow moves into the Afghanistan vacuum
    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2016
      The ExchangeGeopolitics
      The reluctant Soviet independents
    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2016
      The ExchangeThe Exchange
      Ruling by tweet: the experience of Pakistan
    • Friday, 28 October, 2016
      The ExchangeBelt and Road Initiative
      China steps in to protect its Pakistan project
    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2016
      The ExchangeWorld
      The way forward for India and Pakistan over Kashmir
    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2016
      World
      Uzbekistan has a chance to shake off Karimov’s legacy

      The next president must work to build an effective common market, writes Ahmed Rashid

    • Friday, 2 September, 2016
      The ExchangeWorld
      A shaky holding operation in Afghanistan
    • Thursday, 11 August, 2016
      The ExchangeTerrorism
      Jihadi group rebranding is an opportunity for Syria
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      The ExchangeWorld
      Turkey’s tarnished model is the worst example to set
    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2016
      The ExchangeDrones
      Death of the Taliban chief starts a dangerous power struggle
    • Saturday, 27 February, 2016
      The ExchangeWorld
      Hard choices in Syria
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      The ExchangeTerrorism
      Pakistan’s action on terrorism doesn’t match its rhetoric
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      The ExchangeWorld
      The Arab world must rejoin the fight against Isis in Syria
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