Commentary / World May 31, 2023
Bedlam in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Pakistan's political unrest, coupled with the Afghan Taliban regime's support for terrorists, has grave implications for international security.
Pakistan's political unrest, coupled with the Afghan Taliban regime's support for terrorists, has grave implications for international security.
A negotiated cease-fire is the only way out of the current military deadlock in Ukraine, and it must happen before Russia and China cement a strategic axis that weakens the West.
The Indus Waters Treaty is nowhere near meeting India's needs and it is in Pakistan’s interest to remedy that.
Japan must find ways to frustrate China’s furtive efforts to alter the regional status quo while avoiding the risk of open combat.
If the European Union is enduring severe economic pain while Russia’s Ukraine war proceeds apace, sanctions become tantamount to self-flagellation.
China’s creditor imperialism holds far-reaching risks — both for the debtors themselves and for the future of the international order.
The Taliban regime is behaving as expected, turning the country into a breeding ground for international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and mass migration.
Through a combination of authoritarianism, nepotism, cronyism, and hubris, the Rajapaksa family weighed down Sri Lanka’s economy with more debt than it could possibly bear.
There is no question that the world must cut its reliance on fossil fuels. but building more hydroelectric dams is not the way due to the environmental impact they have.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has picked a border fight that he cannot win, and transformed a previously conciliatory India into a long-term foe.