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Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP

Pakistan proves its utility as a key US intermediary

Islamabad emerges as a key bridge in tricky conflicts from Iran to China

Kamal Alam 15 February 2026
AFP / Al Majalla

Trump’s bipolar vision misreads a multipolar world

Suggestions of a 'G2' risks overestimating America and China's ability to reorganise the world

Shirley Ze Yu 22 November 2025
President Nixon meets with Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung in Peking, during his 1972 visit to China. Getty Images

51 years after Nixon’s groundbreaking visit, China-US relations at an all-time low

The Chinese spy balloon incident, as well as Beijing's cosy relationship with Moscow, have soured already tense relations

Sami Moubayed 01 March 2023

A New Pacific Cold War Between Washington and Beijing

While social tension and unrest in the streets of the United States have garnered most of the headlines, in the diplomatic backgroundm the makings of an intensified rivalry between Washington and…

Joseph Braude 04 June 2020
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In an interview with Al Majalla, Oscar-nominated director Sara Ishaq dives into gripping human stories where women hold the line in war-torn Yemen

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