Education crisis | Editorial
May 11,19
CHIEF JUSTICE Asif Khosa seems to have taken a special interest in the state of the country’s education sector, castigating …
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May 10,19All of a sudden, the 18th Constitutional Amendment has become one of the most emotive and hotly debated topics in …
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Read MoreAnother Arab Spring By Shahid Javed Burki
May 8,19The Arab Spring is back in 2019, eight years after its first manifestation. The ruling establishments as well as the …
Read MoreCPEC debt trap — fiction or reality By Hasaan Khawar
May 8,19Alarm bells are ringing! Pakistan’s public debt is piling up, with the external debt now touching $100 billion and the …
Read MoreThe Battle for India’s Soul By Milan Vaishnav
May 8,19On May 19, voting will end in the last phase of India’s mammoth general election. Over the five and a …
Read MoreKim Jong-Un Is Meeting World Leaders, But Does It Matter – Analysis By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
May 8,19As leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un’s track record in international relations has been virtually unprecedented. On April 25, he …
Read MoreWhy Turkey And America Cannot Compromise In Syria – Analysis By Aaron Stein
May 8,19After three days of talks in Turkey, representatives from Washington and Ankara failed to reach agreement on the terms of …
Read MoreThe Existential Crisis Of Global Warming And Carbon Capture – OpEd By Dr. Arshad M. Khan
May 8,19If we care about our earth (and the readers here are most likely to) the story is quite simple: We …
Read MorePentagon Doesn’t Want To Report On Its Failed War In Afghanistan – OpEd By Ryan McMaken
May 8,19The US military’s Afghanistan operation is going so well, the US military wants to stop telling you about it. According …
Read MoreOn North Korea, a Return to Fire and Fury Isn't Worth The Risks By Doug Bandow
May 8,19A couple of years ago the Trump administration seemingly brought the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war. The president …
Read MoreWhen Modi is defeated By Jawed Naqvi
May 7,19IT is distinctly possible that Narendra Modi won’t be the next prime minister, and Rahul Gandhi is not the only …
Read MoreCooperative counter-terrorism strategy By Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
May 7,19Prime Minister Imran Khan visited Tehran to cultivate a better understanding of the Iranian leadership, which is imperative to combat …
Read MoreThe "Clash of Civilizations" Model is a Poor Fit for Conflicts in East Asia By Robert E. Kelly
May 7,19Kiron Skinner, the Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department, ignited a controversy last week when she analogized …
Read More18th amendment and charter of democracy By Dr Farid A Malik
May 7,19The 18th constitutional amendment has cut Islamabad to size. After the failure of the federal government in keeping the federation …
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