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Challenges and Opportunities of Peace Process in Afghanistan
July 16,2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Naturally, every social or political phenomenon has opportunities and challenges but the opportunities often overcome the challenges due to multiple reasons and factors...
Boris Johnson and the Threat to British Soft Power
July 16,2019 | Gordon Brown
Since the United Kingdom’s Department of International Development (DFID) was created 22 years ago, it has lifted millions out of poverty, sent millions of children to school ...
No Excuse for Violence Against Children
July 15,2019 | Zoleka Mandela, Etienne Krug, and Howard Taylor
At the World Health Assembly in May, we made the case for why governments and United Nations agencies need to spend more on measures to prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), injury ...
Equal Education is the Right of Every Afghan Child
July 15,2019 | M. Rezaie
There are dozens of Afghan families who have lost their family man during the civil war and do not have any one to financially support their families. In order to overcome ...
Three Years after the Coup Attempt in Turkey by FETÖ, Turkish-Afghan Solidarity Yields New Investments in Afghan Education System
July 14,2019 | Oğuzhan Ertuğrul
This week, Turkey marks the third anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt that was orchestrated by Fethullah Gülen and his terrorist group (FETÖ). The assault on Turkey’s democratic ...
General Kankur: New Example of Good Management in Afghanistan
July 14,2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Last Wednesday, the Ministry of Higher Education announced the kankur (university entrance exam) result of 2019 indicating that 61 thousand students admitted to the public ...
Taliban Still Dream Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan
July 13,2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
In recent months, the peace talks with the Taliban have severely affected all major national agendas including elections and other developmental priorities in the country...
How an AI Utopia Would Work
July 13,2019 | Sami Mahroum
It is more than 500 years since Sir Thomas More found inspiration for the “Kingdom of Utopia” while strolling the streets of Antwerp. So, when I traveled there from ...
Will the Dream of Afghan Peace be Realized?
July 11,2019 | Moh. Sakhi Rezaie
The notion of peaceful co-existence is, like all such notions in the social sciences, better understood contextually and thematically. Peaceful co-existence ensures economic ...
Does the G20 Still Matter?
July 11,2019 | Jim O’Neill
When the G20 leaders held their first summit in late 2008, many welcomed what looked like a diverse, highly representative new forum for crafting common solutions to global ...
Our Basic National Responsibilities
July 10,2019 | Moh. Sakhi Rezaie
Our country is going through most fragile and crucial phase of its history. The incidents that have taken place and the ones that are taking place clearly indicate that we are ...
Putin Doesn’t Care About Economic Growth
July 10,2019 | Vladislav Inozemtsev
Even Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most loyal followers would have to admit, if only to themselves, that this year’s televised call-in program – an annual event ...
The Economic Decline is Rooted in Lack of Human Capital in Afghanistan
July 09,2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
With formation new social life and modern human society, debate over use of limited resources to meet the unlimited needs of humankind has been raised as a fundamental issue...
The Case for a World Carbon Bank
July 09,2019 | Kenneth Rogoff
Although much derided by climate-change deniers, not least US President Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal hits the nail on the head with its urgent ...
Eternal Wisdom Vs Haltered
July 08,2019 | Sherzai
It can be observed in our today’s world that there has been increase in the negative energy displayed by human beings in different forms. The worst of its types can be ...
Russia’s Strategic Priorities, Viewed from Within
July 08,2019 | Carl Bildt
While the European Union gears up for new leadership this fall, and while US President Donald Trump has just launched his 2020 re-election campaign, Russian President Vladimir Putin ...
Afghanistan: the Example of Adoptability between Modernism and Traditionalism
July 07,2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
There are two types of approaches between Modernism and Traditionalism among the developing Islamic countries: adoptability and paradox. Given the inclusion ....
The Democratic Nominee America Needs
July 07,2019 | Alexander Friedman and Jerry Grinstein
The contenders for the US Democratic Party’s presidential nomination have held their first debates, and the main questions reverberating in political and media ...
Afghanistan’s Economic Opportunities and Challenges
July 06,2019 | Hujjatullah Zia
stepping up commercial exchanges and promoting trade and transit are highly essential for Afghanistan to tackle economic challenges. Afghanistan is seeking to enhance connectivity ...
The Lessons of the EU Leadership Fight
July 06,2019 | Daniela Schwarzer
The haggling may have been unedifying, but the candidates nominated by the European Council to lead the European Union’s governing institutions are undoubtedly impressive. . .
Public Reaction to the Deadly Attacks on Kabul City
July 04,2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Last Monday, at 9am, a group of Taliban militants launched a complex attack by detonating a frightful bomb close to Gulbahar Township in 16th district of Kabul city. . .
Europe Must Answer the Climate Call
July 04,2019 | Christiana Figueres
In early 2015, the European Union became the first major economy to set a post-2020 target for limiting greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. By committing to reducing emissions ...
Thumbs Down to Facebook’s Cryptocurrency
July 03,2019 | Joseph E. Stiglitz
Facebook and some of its corporate allies have decided that what the world really needs is another cryptocurrency, and that launching one is the best way to use the vast talents at their ...
Safeguarding Health in a Warming World
July 03,2019 | Seth Berkley
From infrastructure damage caused by extreme weather events to drought-induced food insecurity, there are many climate risks for which the world should urgently be preparing....
Necessary Lessons to Learn from The Long Controversy of Parliament
July 02,2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
After 41 days controversy and fourth round election inside parliament, finally Mir-Abdul Rahman Rahmani won the parliament speaker position with winning 136 votes...
How to Save the Internet
July 02,2019 | Shamel Azmeh
In a scene in the US sitcom Silicon Valley, digital startups compete for funding by presenting their ideas. In each presentation, company founders repeat the Silicon Valley mantra ...
What was the goal of Afghan President Trip to Pakistan?
July 01,2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
A few days after Afghan political leaders’ trip to Pakistan that attended the Lahore peace conference, the Afghan president also visited to Pakistan. During his visit ...
As Populists Rise, Latin America’s Economies Will Fall
July 01,2019 | Kenneth Rogoff
Though US President Donald Trump tends to grab most of the headlines, he is hardly a global exception. Populist autocrats have enjoyed a breathtaking rise to power ...
A Battle for the Ethos of Afghanistan (Part 2)
June 30,2019 | R. Maxwell Bone and Abas Alizada
In examining both the historic and current conduct of the Taliban in comparison with the Afghan government it is clear that this ongoing war between the two parties is about ...
Trump’s Lose-Lose Iran Strategy
June 29,2019 | Joschka Fischer
One can only guess what US President Donald Trump hopes to achieve in Iran. Does he have designs on a “better” nuclear treaty than the 2015 deal from which he withdrew ...
A Battle for the Ethos of Afghanistan (Part 1)
June 29,2019 | R. Maxwell Bone and Abas Alizada
Between May 28 and May 30 of 2019, a delegation of Afghan political leaders from the opposition met with the leadership of the Taliban in Moscow. Afghan politicians ...
Tech Know-How Modernizes China’s Century-Old Industrial City
June 27,2019 | Wang Jinye, Wang Hongfeng and Li Laifang
With the head sheaves whirling on top of the derrick, the century-old No.1 pit of the Kailuan colliery still lifts coal from deep underground. The icon of the old industrial ...
A Grassroots Antidote to Populism
June 27,2019 | Ismaël Emelien and David Amiel
The political parties that once dominated Western democracies have been shaken to the core. Many have suffered electoral debacles, not least in France, Italy, Greece ...
Will the US - Iran War Benefit Anyone?
June 26,2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Few days ago, Iran shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone with a khordad-3 surface-to-air missile over the Strait of Hormuz ...
“The European Union and Afghanistan – Prospects for Peace”.
June 26,2019 | EFSAS
Afghanistan Presidential hopefuls staged a rally on Thursday urging the formation of a takeover government and resignation of the elected Afghan president Ghani. . .