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The chastised hero of an ungrateful nation: The end of an era Global Village Space | Khawar Latif Khan | Kolkata, 2016. With 19 runs to save in the final over, England was very much in the position of clenching yet another T20 title, when Ben Stokes was hit for 4 back to back sixes, not by a...

How Putin intends to jump on the OBOR bandwagon Global Village Space | M. K. Bhadrakumar | Russia has not been a significant beneficiary so far of the Chinese honeypot known as Belt and Road Initiative – although there is vast untapped potential to attract Chinese investments into Russia’s...

CPEC and Pakistan’s road to development: Can India sabotage the plan? Global Village Space | Saleem Akhtar Malik | CPEC is presently the subject of intense debate within and outside Pakistan. India has openly declared its opposition to CPEC because of Gilgit-Baltistan, which, India claims...

Israel lobby pressurizes FIFA: Decision pending on Palestinian demands? Global Village Space | James M. Dorsey | When Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian Football Association, took the stand on May 11 at the 67th Congress of the international soccer governing body FIFA, leaders were...

Pakistan Army: The hope that got shattered Global Village Space | Saad Rasool | The Dawn Leaks issue has fizzled out, almost as inexplicably as it arose. And, in the aftermath, a significant fraction of Pakistanis are still wondering what it was, why it became such a big deal, and how it...

Growing hate for Russia in the U.S after Trumps victory Global Village Space | Jacob G. Hornberger | There is so much I just don’t get about the anti-Russia brouhaha that has the Washington establishment, the mainstream press, the leftist movement, and even some conservatives all roiled up. To...

Pakistan and India skirmish at the Hague Global Village Space | Pakistan and India faced off in the International Court of Justice on Monday. Representatives from both countries presented their arguments to the ICJ. Pakistan’s counsel told the top international court that Jadhav, an Indian...

More troops in Afghanistan: A recap of the Vietnam war? Global Village Space | Michael Kugelman | (CNN) In recent days, with Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgency continuing to gain steam and America’s longest war staggering through its 16th year, analysts have started invoking the v-word (and it’s...

OBOR: Has India lost its ticket to development? Global Village Space | M. K. Bhadrakumar | According to Pakistani press, one highlight of the participation by PM Nawaz Sharif at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing (May 14-15) was to be the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the...

Impact of Kargil Conflict 1999 on Pakistan’s Current Security Perspective Global Village Space | Zeeshan Shahid Khan | Background Taking the Indian Army totally by surprise, Pakistani troops crossed over the Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir in early 1999 and managed to occupy heights from...