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Education for Fragile States
September 19, 2018 | Homi Kharas and Rebecca Winthrop
This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will release its annual Goalkeepers report card assessing progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals ...
Imran Khan Pledges to Grant Citizenship to Afghan Refugees
September 19, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said in a surprise announcement that he would grand citizenship to Pakistan-born children of Afghan and Bengali refugees, many ...
Peace Talks Starts between Kabul and Islamabad new Administration
September 18, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
The new Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, traveled to Kabul and met with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, and Acting ...
A Better Bailout Was Possible
September 18, 2018 | Rob Johnson and George Soros
The recent exchange between Joe Stiglitz and Larry Summers about “secular stagnation” and its relation to the tepid economic recovery after the 2008-2009 financial ...
The factors behind Afghani devaluation
September 17, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
In few last year, Afghan currency has been steadily losing its value against foreign currency, especially against USD but recently it has suddenly fallen from 73 to around ...
China Struggles with Belt and Road Pushback
September 17, 2018 | James M. Dorsey
China, in an implicit recognition that at least some of its Belt and Road-related projects risk trapping target countries in debt or fail to meet their needs, has conceded ...
China-ASEAN Expo – ‘A Win-win Platform for Strategic Cooperation’
September 16, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
Themed “Jointly building the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and the China-ASEAN community of innovation,” the 15th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) was held in ...
The Masses Are Mobilizing for Climate Leadership
September 16, 2018 | Christiana Figueres and May Boeve
This year, extreme weather conditions have ravaged our planet, subjecting vulnerable communities around the world to the ever-increasing impacts of climate change ...
India Reshapes Surrounding Geopolitics
September 13, 2018 | Jiao Nie, Dekai Huang & Hongxi Chen
The US and India held their first “2+2” dialogue in New Delhi on September 6th, attended by their foreign and defense ministers. Both countries agreed ...
Africa’s Women Belong at the Top
September 13, 2018 | Joyce Banda
When I was eight years old, a family friend told my father that he thought I was destined for leadership. My dad never let me forget that heady observation, and as a result ...
The civilization of China and Afghanistan: Equality, inclusiveness, Mutual Learning and Diversity
September 12, 2018 | Mingzhe Ren, Shuyu Li & Daitong Liang
Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, once delivered a keynote speech at UNESCO headquarters, which on the subject of “Civilizations ...
An Economic Approach to Elections (Public choice)
September 12, 2018 | Mohammad Ibrahim Ehsani
In second part of our discussion we want to mention to another aspect of public choice, to “the market for votes”. There is more to interest-group ...
Enlightenment for China-Afghanistan Cooperation from China-Africa Cooperation
September 11, 2018 | Liu Jinsong
The Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation was successfully held during September 3rd to 4th. H.E. Chinese President Xi Jinping chaired the Summit. 40 presidents ...
AFGHANISTAN: Way Forward (Last Part)
September 11, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
In the beginning of post-Taliban Afghanistan, when Doctor Khalilzad was the Ambassador of United States in Afghanistan, the administration of George W. Bush devised a clever policy . . .
AFGHANISTAN: Way Forward (Part 3)
September 10, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
In order to achieve this end, a team of experienced political figures should come to the fore and commit themselves to salvage Afghanistan in particular and the ...
Will the New Scheme Improve the Security Condition in Kabul?
September 10, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
After the successive attacks in west of Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani has ordered Kabul’s division into four security zones and the west of Kabul will be changed ...
Trump’s Assault on Refugees
September 08, 2018 | Gordon Brown
The decision by US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has ...
Final Thoughts on Secular Stagnation
September 08, 2018 | Lawrence H. Summers
Joseph Stiglitz, Roger Farmer, and I are now and have long been in agreement on what are probably the most important points. The “New Keynesian” paradigm that sees ...
AFGHANISTAN: Way Forward (Part 2)
September 06, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Institutional & Political: - Afghanistan has the road map and preliminary infrastructure for bringing up a political and institutional system in place...
President Ghani Meets New US Commander at Presidential Palace
September 06, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with US General Austin Scott Miller just after he took over the command of US Forces-Afghanistan and of Operation Resolute Support from ...
AFGHANISTAN: Way Forward (Part 1)
September 05, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
As the withdrawal of international coalition forces led by United States of America in Afghanistan in 2014 is set firm, western, regional and local political and ...
Fate of over 4 million Bengalis in Assam uncertain!
September 05, 2018 | By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Recently published citizen list in the Indian state of Assam has already pushed the fate of over four million Bangla-speaking residents into total uncertainty. This bid ...
The Climate Fight’s Next Turning Point
September 04, 2018 | Patricia Espinosa and Anne Hidalgo
Next month, the Global Climate Action Summit – one of the largest international gatherings on climate change the world ...
The long shadow of the Gulf crisis: Qatar emerges as key player in Gaza crisis
September 04, 2018 | James M. Dorsey
Dug in for the long haul in its increasingly bitter dispute with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, Qatar is emerging as a key player in efforts to prevent ...
Why Should China Deepen its Cooperation with Afghanistan?
September 03, 2018 | Wenxian Zha, Youhong Lin & Aijiao liu
On December 26th, 2017, Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Rabbani, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan...
The Populist War Against Intelligence
September 03, 2018 | Kent Harrington
Despite his seemingly limitless capacity for vindictiveness, it would be a mistake to interpret US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the security ...
Three Visions on Future US Foreign Policy
September 02, 2018 | Ahmad Zubair
The term foreign policy is defined as a set of political goals that illustrates the interaction of a country with the rest of the world. Attaining and protecting national interest, national security...
Afghan Government, Academia & Youths Should Rally Afghans – Across Ethnic & Linguistic Lines – Around Building a Shared Future
September 01, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Last forty-five years of war in Afghanistan have had numerous negative implications on the people of this country, affecting all strata of Afghan society ...
China: The Unique Example of Peace and Success
September 01, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
As China has had effective and non-aggressive policies in the region it can be called a good example of peace and success in today’s world. The Chinese government ...
The zero-sum game does not meet Pak- India Interest
August 30, 2018 | Dekai Huang, Jiao Nie & Yunsong
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan has shown the signs to improve India-Pakistan relations on various occasions. Firstly, he delivered an actively signal ...
Standing Up for the UN
August 30, 2018 | Dominique Moisi
It was the autumn of 2001, sometime between the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States and US President George W. Bush’s invasion of Afghanistan. ..
Global Peace Initiative of Kazakhstan
August 29, 2018 | By Hadi Ahmad Bargasht
Every year on August 29, the world celebrates the International day against nuclear tests, approved by the UN General Assembly resolution on December 2, 2009. A draft resolution ...
The Myth of Secular Stagnation
August 29, 2018 | Joseph E. Stiglitz
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, some economists argued that the United States, and perhaps the global economy, was suffering from “secular ...
Uncertainty & Entrenched Insurgency Questions Ability of Government to Carry Out Parliamentary Elections On Time
August 28, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
An air of uncertainty is prevailing across the country due to checkered peace process between Government and Taliban and for that matter, hasty offer by Government to ...
A Man for All Diplomatic Seasons
August 28, 2018 | Gordon Brown
Kofi Annan will be mourned on every continent. Under his leadership of the United Nations, internationally shared goals for development (the Millennium Development Goals) ...