Pakistan

Calls to coerce Pakistan into cooperating in Afghanistan by stopping aid miss the point. Pakistan holds the cards now.

India and Pakistan are eyeing nuclear confidence building measures. They must remember it’s no zero-sum game.

The announcements of a drawdown of US troops and talks with the Taliban are welcome. But Obama’s Afghanistan policy is still muddled.

An expected new energy partnership between India and Saudi Arabia highlights warming ties between them.

India will be watching talks between the United States and elements of the Taliban with a wary eye.

The ongoing Nuclear Suppliers Group meet is a chance for creative thinking over China’s Pakistan nuclear plans.

India’s foreign policy community is too fixated on China, Pakistan and the US. It needs some creative thinking.

High-level talks are set to resume between India and Pakistan. But the two countries have very different agendas.

India and Pakistan are set to resume talks as part of their reengagement process later this month. Don’t expect too much, says Sumit Ganguly.

Pakistan’s military has had a bad couple of months. Unless it rethinks its priorities, expect tactical gains to lead to strategic disaster.

Will bin Laden’s death change Pakistan’s behaviour? It depends what you mean by ‘Pakistan’ says Madhav Nalapat.

Despite its growing military and economic power, Russia doesn’t see China as a threat. The potential chaos in Central Asia is another matter.