In August last year, Trump announced his new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, which consisted of applying greater pressure on the Pakistanis to support US counter-terrorism operations. At the beginning of January 2018 Trump launched into a public tirade about Pakistan’s complicity in aiding and abetting terrorist groups on its soil. Pakistan bitterly opposes Trump’s version of events and points to the huge sacrifices made in prosecuting America’s global war…

Al-Raya Newspaper: Prominent Headlines of Issue 163

The US vision of its place in the world has changed since Obama’s administration published the previous US National Security Strategy in 2015. The US seemed confident two years ago of its leadership in the world: “The United States is stronger and better positioned to seize the opportunities of a still new century and safeguard our interests against the risks of an insecure world.”

The Arab Spring came as a surprise for many following the Middle East. One did not expect that a people that had lived under oppression and tyranny for decades, would awaken and rise from the ashes of oppression and suppression. Moreover, the people would stand defiantly in the face of the tyrants that had punished them with the worst of the punishments.