Chinese approach to the use of land to transport not only goods and commodities but also ideas and people is not new

Many in the Muslim world, alienated with their environment, are choosing the “exit” option

If the Taliban forces gain more territory, as they are expected to do, the pressure on Pakistan will increase

In less than a century and a half Afghanistan has fought six wars. Each one of them changed the country

Brexit has raised the spectre of what one American political scientist called the ‘clash of civilisations’

The new Cold War has arrived on the shores of South Asia

Donald Trump has made no secret of his dislike of Islam and the migration to the US of the members of this faith

Journey on which the US embarked with respect to relations with India began during presidencies of Bush and Clinton

Given Pakistan’s geographical position, it could influence social, economic and political progress of Muslim societies

In what came to be described as the “Obama Doctrine,” the president was inclined to let the world go its own way