War is too serious a business to be left to the generals and a jingoistic media

There were cracks in the White House with Vice-president Pence falling out with President Trump

US-India relations as a balancer to a rising China; and the enduring US national interests

So in sum, we are more prepared to deal with the second wave than we were the first time around

The Saudi-UAE combine is also ostensibly wary of the “Erdogan-effect” on Pakistan

In sum, in this limited war, a Muslim country — using force successfully — righted a wrong done to it

Afghans remain apprehensive that US is tired of the war as the issue never surfaced during presidential debates

Biden knows the region and the stakes of good relations with Pakistan well

The world that he oversaw as vice-president is remarkably different, so some of his antidotes may be outdated

Practically, domestic agenda drives the US presidency