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Multiple Diplomatic Spats Raise Questions about Saudi Concept of Sovereignty
August 12, 2018 | James M. Dorsey
The failure of Western allies to rally around Canada in its dispute with Saudi Arabia risks luring the kingdom into a false belief that economic sanctions will shield ...
Saudi Arabia and Iran woo incoming Pakistani prime minister
August 11, 2018 | James M. Dorsey
An offer by a Saudi-backed bank to lend financially strapped Pakistan US$4 billion is likely intended to bolster Saudi influence when former international cricket player ...
Are Trump’s Policies Hurting Long-Term US Growth?
August 11, 2018 | Kenneth Rogoff
President Donald Trump regularly thumps his chest and claims credit for each new uptick of the fast-growing US economy. But when it comes to economic performance, US presidents ...
Role of Political Parties in a Democratic System
August 09, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
A political party is an association formed by a group of people who share the same ideas about a country’s governance. Every citizen holds a constitutional right to organize with ...
Afghan Government Should Regulate Religious Teaching Institutions and Places of Worship to Avoid Exploitation (Last Part)
August 09, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Religious affair is a sensitive area which policy makers and politicians in third world countries avoid to handle.
But it is the one major area that should ...
Afghan Government Should Regulate Religious Teaching Institutions and Places of Worship to Avoid Exploitation
August 08, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Afghanistan is among the countries whose populations have the lowest literacy rate in the world – in case of Afghanistan – based on news outlets - it currently stands at around ...
Deadly Attacks Targets Paktia Worshipers
August 08, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
A deadly suicide bombing was carried out on a Shia mosque in Gardiz City, the provincial capital of eastern Paktia province on Friday afternoon, killing at least 39 people ...
Entering Parliamentin Afghanistan; A Big Dream for Gaining Unlimited Power
August 07, 2018 | Hamidullah Bamik
With the advent of the issue of guaranteeing individual freedoms in the society, the limitation of the absolute power of the rulers and the division of power between people and the government ...
The Integration Imperative
August 07, 2018 | Elina Ribakova
In many countries, integrating refugees and migrants has become a key policy priority. Fearing higher fiscal costs and public resistance to immigration, some countries are ...
The Fruit of China’s Economic Development
August 06, 2018 | Hujjatullah Zia
The year 2018 marks the 40 anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up which prompted China to alleviate poverty and stand as the world second largest economy...
Lack of Oversight on Performance at Government Institutions Exacerbates the Sorry State of Governance & Public Services (Last Part)
August 06, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Ministry of agriculture, ministry of women affairs, ministry of narcotics ministry of mines and minerals and Kabul Municipality are all Zombie bodies and need extensive oversight ...
PLA is an Army that Safeguards Peace
August 05, 2018 | Liu Jinsong
August 1st is the Anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. I hosted a special reception in the Embassy for this memorable day...
Health Economics
August 05, 2018 |
Nowadays, we can number a lot various fields for economics. For example political economy, energy economy, agriculture economy, and so on…one of so important branches of them ...
Lack of Oversight on Performance at Government Institutions Exacerbates the Sorry State of Governance & Public Services (Part 1)
August 04, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
In the advent of establishment of new political order in Afghanistan after toppling of Taliban regime by the US and allied military in December 2001, Government institutions ...
Putting FDI on the G20 Agenda
August 04, 2018 | Karl P. Sauvant and Axel Berger
While much of the world’s attention is focused on the economic damage being wrought by US President Donald Trump’s trade wars, global trade’s twin – foreign direct...
Baba – The Leader of Leaders
August 02, 2018 | Prithwi Tilak Banerjee
There are many Leadership traits which differentiates great leaders from legends and between legends and immortals. But it is not about which traits are followed. It’s all ...
Reclaiming European Sovereignty
August 02, 2018 | Joschka Fischer
After US President Donald Trump’s recent European tour – which culminated in his infamous press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin – there can no longer ...
The US is at Risk of Losing a Trade War with China
August 01, 2018 | Joseph E. Stiglitz
What was at first a trade skirmish – with US President Donald Trump imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum – appears to be quickly morphing into a full-scale trade war with China...
Where are the Nurses in the HIV Response?
August 01, 2018 | Ian Hodgson
Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic, nurses have been at the forefront of the response to this once fatal infection. The nurse is involved at every stage of the trajectory ...
US and Taliban Initial Talks Starts in Qatar
July 31, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
It is confirmed that Taliban’s political representatives and United States officials have held direct talks in Qatar with no third party. The Taliban political representative ...
Afghan Peace Should Not Fall Victim to Conflicting Priorities of Nations Involved in the Process
July 31, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Since the US direct involvement in Afghanistan in the aftermath of events unfolded after 9/11in 2001, priorities and nature of involvement of US and other countries – mainly ...
Unlocking Private-Sector Funds for Sustainable Development
July 30, 2018 | Mahmoud Mohieldin and Svetlana Klimenko
For the last three years, dozens of countries have gathered each July to present their national plans to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals...
The Economic Benefits of Family Planning
July 30, 2018 | Natalia Kanem
The decision to start a family is one of the most important choices a person can make. It is also a fundamental human right; only individual adults should have ...
Lack of Global Leadership Spurs Instability in the Middle East
July 29, 2018 | James M. Dorsey
With multiple Middle Eastern disputes threatening to spill out of control, United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar Gargash acknowledged what many ...
Dostum welcomed with Deadlyattacks
July 29, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
After a few weeks of relatively calm, once again Daesh Takfiri terrorist group attacked Kabul targeting the Afghan Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum welcome-convoy...
Electoral Complaint Commission Needs multipronged strategy to ensure transparent, credible elections
July 28, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Now election for the Parliament and District councils is on its verge. It is a matter of few months and the election will be the reality. There are around 9 million ...
Saudi oil shipment halt: A potential watershed in the Yemen war
July 28, 2018 | James M. Dorsey
A spike in oil prices as a result of a temporary halt in shipments through the strategic Bab el Mandeb strait may be short-lived, but the impact on Yemen’s three-year-old forgotten ...
Why is the Afghan Government Afraid of the US Direct Talks with the Taliban Group?
July 26, 2018 | Hamidullah Bamik
Since the beginning of the Afghan peace process, the Taliban group have always refused to negotiate directly with the Afghan government but have called for direct talks ...
Europe for Itself
July 26, 2018 | Mark Leonard
Donald Trump is the first US president to think that the US-led world order is undermining US interests. Though the current order obviously benefits the United States ...
Media: ups and downs in Afghanistan
July 25, 2018 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Journalism, as it is one of the top ten high-risk jobs in the world, is a tougher andriskier task in Afghanistan. Afghan journalists work in the worst security conditions ...
Ending AIDS, the Dutch way
July 25, 2018 | Shobha Shukla
We are all very familiar with the phrase ‘going Dutch’ (meaning each person of a group pays one’s own expenses in an outing), but are we also aware of dealing ...
Divergences and Convergences of Two Policing Cultures: Afghan Police and Taliban Police
July 24, 2018 | Upendra Baghel
With the expressed interest of United States of America (USA referred as US)to participate in direct talks with Taliban, which is a remarkable shift in US policy, there is new hope ...
From Brexit to Breferendum
July 24, 2018 | Anatole Kaletsky
If something is impossible, it does not happen. If a country votes to make two plus two equal five, this “democratic decision” will eventually be overridden by the...
US Direct Involvement in Talks with Afghan Taliban & Its Repercussions on Achieving Peace
July 23, 2018 | Mohammed Gul Sahibbzada
Though the United States of American has been involved in peace process since the process of making peace with Taliban began in the twilights of 2000s, most of these ...
Trump May Kill the Global Recovery
July 23, 2018 | Nouriel Roubini
How does the current global economic outlook compare to that of a year ago? In 2017, the world economy was undergoing a synchronized expansion, with growth accelerating ...