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The Dialectic of Global Trade Policy
February 21, 2019 | Mohamed A. El-Erian
There is a subtle yet important change occurring in how political leaders think about international trade, including how to remedy long-standing problems. It results from a key ...
The complexities of Afghan peace talks: Is peace worth Fighting for?
February 20, 2019 | Neela Hassan
The beginning of peace negotiation process in Afghanistan has awakened hope of better days in Afghans’ hearts: days in which no mother will be worried whether her kids ...
Afghanistan public health: Achievements and challenges
February 20, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
The decades of war and turbulence have taken a heavy toll on life in Afghanistan. It has also severely affected the capacity of concerned agencies to respond to critical public healthcare ...
General Welfare – Primary State Responsibility
February 19, 2019 | Dilawar Sherzai
Among the developed nations of the world, within the contemporary political scenario, there is a greater emphasis on the positive role of the state, because it is now clearly realized ...
Why a US-China Trade Deal Is Not Enough
February 19, 2019 | Minxin Pei
As Chinese and American trade negotiators meet in Washington to try to forge an accord on trade, observers are largely focused on the countries’ economic disagreements ...
Reflection on Promoting Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Afghanistan in the background of “One Belt And One Road”
February 18, 2019 | Ting Zhao, Jin Shi, Xiaoran Fu & Yue Zhou
On September 7, 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping first proposed the “Silk Road Economic Belt” during his speech at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan. In the background...
Suicide Attacks on Iranian and Indian Security Forces: Fate of Pakistan in the Balance
February 18, 2019 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Two fateful suicide attacks last week, which were carried out in two different countries – one on elite Iranian security personnel near the border with Pakistan, which has killed ...
Reflections on Achieving the Global Education Goals
February 17, 2019 | Amina J. Mohammed
Throughout my life, I have seen the power of education. I have witnessed how quality education for all can support the creation of dynamic economies and help to sustain peace . . .
Afghanistan: the front rank of Dangerous Conflict Zone for Children
February 17, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Despite constant humanitarian supports, Afghanistan persists to be in the top list of Most Dangerous Conflict place for Children in the world. The longstanding conflict ...
Afghan Peace Process: A Platform for Advancement of Regional Countries’ Conflicting Interests
February 16, 2019 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Second round of peace talks between Afghan Taliban insurgents and the United States of America is planned to start on 25th February 2019 in Doha, capital of the Emirate ...
What Will Succeed GDP?
February 16, 2019 | Diane Coyle
Is the world becoming increasingly prosperous? It would be hard to answer “yes” right now, at least so far as the leading high-income economies are concerned...
Pavements, Culture of Using Pavements, Role of Both in Urban Congestion
February 12, 2019 | Nasir Ahmad Salehzada
Pavements are the key component of cities’ infrastructure which are constructed in cities particularly in crowded and less crowded areas as the citizens’ rights ...
Prince Mohammed’s Khashoggi bullet: An insight into Saudi strategic thinking
February 12, 2019 | Dr. James M. Dorsey
Continued, albeit slower-paced US and Turkish leaks potentially provide insight into far more than the circumstances of the October killing of Saudi journalist and ...
Reactions against Moscow Summit
February 09, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
These days, the Moscow summit is at the forefront of media news and public attention. From the top public media bases up to social media networks are full of comments, debates ...
Financial Stability in Abnormal Times
February 09, 2019 | Kenneth Rogoff
A decade on from the 2008 global financial crisis, policymakers constantly assure us that the system is much safer today. The giant banks at the core of the meltdown have ...
Afghanistan Makes Strides in Regional Connectivity
February 07, 2019 | Hujjatullah Zia
Seeking to regain its historical position as the regional transit hub, Kabul government has put its weight behind regional connectivity and increased the trade volume between ...
Is Japan’s Sun Rising?
February 07, 2019 | Jim O’Neill
When I participated in the Chatham House/Daiwa Research Institute conference on the post-Brexit Japan-UK relationship in Tokyo last month, it was my first visit back to ...
Why is Afghanistan Failing to Fight Corruption?
February 05, 2019 | Neela Hassan
Transparency International has published the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), which ranks 180 countries on a scale from 0 to 100 based their level of public sector corruption ...
Europe and the New Nuclear-Arms Race
February 05, 2019 | Sigmar Gabriel
One of the pillars of nuclear-arms control became history on February 2, with the expiry of the 60-day deadline that the United States had given Russia to save the 1987 ...
Blame Game will Harm Peace Process
February 04, 2019 | Hujjatullah Zia
Following the marathon Doha negotiations between the Taliban and US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, the outcome of peace talks has been doubted. Meanwhile, the Taliban’s refusal ...
The Franco-German Pact Is Not the Problem
February 04, 2019 | Zaki Laïdi
All too often, important contributions to public debate go almost unnoticed, as was the case with Sigmar Gabriel’s recent commentary on the Franco-German relationship...
A Proven Dose of Solution to Rescue the Nation
February 03, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
It is noted in our society, that even educated people do not like reading books. They try to spend their leisure time with T.V, social media networks, mobile games ...
How Europe’s Populists Can Win by Losing
February 03, 2019 | Mark Leonard
Will the European Parliament elections this May result in a political revolution? Populist and nationalist parties certainly hope so. They are promising not just to ...
Afghan Government Should Remedy Short-Comings & ‘Governance Deficit’ to Make Itself a Body to Reckon With
February 02, 2019 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Recent peace talks between the US and Taliban insurgents, and exhibition of stubbornness in Taliban insurgents’ attitude toward Afghan Government by refusing to talk ...
Global Health Versus Online Trolls
February 02, 2019 | Junaid Nabi
The most frustrating part of my job as a public health scientist is the spread of false information – usually online – that overrides years of empirical research. It is difficult ...
Will Upcoming Election Ensure Democracy?
January 31, 2019 | Hujjatullah Zia
Afghans are preparing to celebrate democracy through participating the fourth round of presidential election, for which a number of political heavyweights have been nominated. . .
Nancy Pelosi’s Great Wall of Resistance
January 31, 2019 | Elizabeth Drew
Whoever explained to then-President-elect Donald Trump what it meant to be president – if anyone did – neglected to tell him that on occasion a president loses a policy fight. . .
Belt and Road Initiative Puts Impetus to Afghan Peace and Development (Part 1)
January 29, 2019 | Liu Jinsong
Recently Dr. Mariam Safi, founder and executive director of Afghan think tank DROPS, published her research report Integrating Afghanistan into the Belt and Road Initiative. . .
Pessimisms and Optimisms about Progress of Peace Process
January 29, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
The progress of Afghan peace process in Qatar has caused some optimisms and also some pessimisms in internal atmosphere of Afghanistan. The optimism is expressed due ...
Afghanistan National Sovereignty Should Not Be Compromised in the Ongoing Peace Process
January 28, 2019 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Since the start of peace negotiations with Taliban insurgents last year, people of Afghanistan are uncomfortable with the modus operandi and methodology this whole process . . .
Political Haggling Continues at the Table
January 28, 2019 | Hujjatullah Zia
The Taliban and US envoy seem to have made little headway in peace talks in Qatar as the US officials agree to troop pullout from Afghanistan. But militancy looms ...
The Death of an Indian Hero in Kabul
January 27, 2019 | Sujeet Sarkar
The horrific truck bombing at the green village on Jan 14,2019 in Kabul ended the life of a young and bright international development professional Ms Shipra Sharma ...
How to Eat to Save the World
January 27, 2019 | Modi Mwatsama and Howard Frumkin
There is not a country in the world that is not grappling with the serious health and environmental consequences of their people’s diets. There has to be a better ...
How to Eat to Save the World
January 27, 2019 | Modi Mwatsama and Howard Frumkin
There is not a country in the world that is not grappling with the serious health and environmental consequences of their people’s diets. There has to be a better ...
Recent Attack on a Military Base Questions Afghan Government Claims to Reform Security & Defense Institutions
January 26, 2019 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Conflicting reports were out after an attack on security personnel in Maidan-Shahar, capital of Maidan Wardak province. Initial reports described casualties as one hundred ...