INDIA’S decision to withdraw 15,000 troops from Kashmir provides a major political and psychological boost at a critical moment, not just for itself but also for Pakistan. In Kashmir, the decision,
TURKEY’S Ottoman Empire died an unwept death nearly a century ago. But the country continues to enjoy a unique eminence of leadership across the Middle East and in much of the Muslim world. And
TOKYO and Washington are struggling to keep a feud over a US military base from spoiling President Barack Obama’s visit next month, but assuaging mutual anxiety as both allies adapt to China’s
A WEEK or so ago, I sat metaphorically open-mouthed at a London think tank, as a series of speakers systematically demolished all the arguments commonly advanced in support of the British-US “special
