9/11 Was Not Unforeseeable: Decades of Warnings and Missed Opportunities
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Read MoreWhy Oman Matters to US Middle East Strategy
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Read MoreThe Push to Empty Gaza
The push to empty gaza The push to empty gaza. The Israeli defence minister has recently acknowledged what critics around …
Read MoreIs Gen Z really asleep? By Dr Intikhab Ulfat
Is Gen Z really asleep? By Dr Intikhab Ulfat Is Gen Z really asleep? By Dr Intikhab Ulfat. For some …
Read MoreHas North Korea Achieved Minimum Deterrence By Benjamin Giltner
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Read MoreSaudi Arabia’s New Maritime Coalition Is a Warning for the US BY Alexander Langlois
The future of Middle Eastern security should be managed by regional powers, not external meddling. Saudi Arabia officially launched its …
Read MoreBalochistan Bells
Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has once again placed Balochistan at the centre of the national conversation, stressing the province’s …
Read MoreFrozen border, rising terror and cost of estrangement BY Imtiaz Gul
The relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan remain largely frozen. Backchannel diplomacy may be continuing, but cross-border terrorism attributed to the …
Read MoreUN for sale? BY Farrukh Khan Pitafi
When I first stepped into the United Nations headquarters at 405 East 42nd Street in New York a decade ago, …
Read MoreAI’s paradox: promise of abundance and fear of scarcity BY M Zeb Khan
Artificial intelligence is increasingly presented as the technology that may finally solve humanity’s ancient economic problem: scarcity. Elon Musk has …
Read MoreNew Provinces: Redrawing the Map or Changing People’s lives? BY Dr Lubna Zaheer
The debate over creating new provinces in Pakistan is not new. Every few years, it resurfaces in national politics. It …
Read MoreRecep Tayyip Erdogan’s Kurdish Gambit By Robert Ellis
The Turkish president’s currying favor with Kurdish political parties could be a way to consolidate his hold on power further. …
Read MoreGovernance and bureaucracy BY Dr Syed Akhtar Ali Shah
Khwaja Asif’s revelation about the bureaucrats swindling billions, Ahsan Iqbal’s thesis that the existing governance model is unworkable, and Mohsin …
Read MoreWorld Bank’s retreat from climate financing commitments BY Syed Mohammad Ali
For over three decades, the World Bank has sought to reposition itself as a champion of sustainable development, repeatedly emphasising …
Read MoreLeapfrogging into the future BY: Shahzad Chaudhry
On many counts, Pakistan is still a laggard. Human resource indices are among the lowest; water availability per capita now …
Read MoreCuring the cause Murad Moosa Khan
“Psychological knowledge should put itself at the service of society. Where the wellness of the few does not depend on …
Read MoreWhy Did Trump Scale Back America’s Decades-Long Exercises with South Korea? By Peter Suciu
Trump described the ongoing exercises as an affront to North Korea, which he described as “unthreatening and respectful.” President Donald …
Read MoreResetting the system BY Ishrat Husain
INTERIOR Minister Mohsin Naqvi has rightly diagnosed Pakistan’s poor performance. But will his prescription — the creation of 12 or …
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