Two impoverished Pakistani provinces are increasingly uneasy over the nearly $50 billion in Chinese investments being manipulated to serve the dominant eastern province of Punjab.
Fierce debate is raging in Pakistan over whether the country should take military action in Yemen as part of a Saudi Arabia-led coalition.
In the most recent episode of RFE/RLive, leading Western scholars weigh in on China's expanding role in stabilizing neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan.
A complicated and thorny agenda awaits the Taliban and Afghanistan's government as they are reportedly ready to begin direct peace talks early next month.
A recent White House characterization of the Afghan Taliban as armed insurgents raised the question of whether the hardline Islamists are considered terrorists.
As U.S. President Barack Obama wrapped up his visit to India, neighboring Pakistan has questioned the high-profile trip.