An Interesting Case Study
A western educated Mohammad Mosaddegh served as the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953, and nationalized the country’s oil industry, depriving UK of 51% stakes in Iranian oil.
Pakistan: A Rich Country?
Let us get together to enlighten the society against intellectual corruption in addition to financial corruption. Pakistan owes over 100 billion US dollars in foreign debts. It has had over
Two Pakistani Premiers Narratives (Video)
WATCH: Z A Bhutto then, and Imran Khan now. Their narratives and talking points on major issues which almost are similar except the 5 decades long timeline: PM Khan faces
Why the Trees Are Marching Northward
Andru Okun in Undark: Although the speed and severity of climate change are both uncertain, it’s clear by now that warming is inevitable. Rising temperatures will impact every organism on the
DHAKA INSIGHT: 50 Years of Dec 16
IRSHAD SALIM: Here’s my 2nd insight (of many) on what some of the factors I believe led to Dhaka Debacle in December 1971. The 1st insight written on it in
Should Pakistan be ruled by NSC followed by a Presidential system?
Editor’s Note: The following article by Mr. Tariq Khan discusses structural and institutional problems which in his view are facing Pakistan and suggests possible solutions. Governance, Political Order and National
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Five Sea Battle Tactics in Movies and TV (Video)
Has the blue sea returned as a dominant theater for geopolitics and geo-economy? Is the Naval/Cyber warfare hybrid a new normal in the making, just as the space? Says a
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Dubai Chalo Aftermath: Poem and Video
IRSHAD SALIM: I penned this poem (below) in the summer of 1973 or 1974 –after reading in the newspaper that several dozen Pakistanis had drowned in the Arabian Sea as
Democracy as an Apple Keeps the Doctor Away
IRSHAD SALIM: I had a mini conversation recently with a Pakistani youth on democracy. As I conversed with Fazal, back in my mind was Socrates, who hated democracy –and around
Ancient 100-foot High Chariot With Wheels and Horses -All Carved From Stone in Odisha, India (Video)
Some of the objects left behind by the people who came before us are truly baffling, and even the world’s greatest scientific minds can’t explain them. Built during the 13th
China and Peru’s Rainbow Mountains Mentioned in the Quran (Video)
In China’s Zhangye Dandia Landform Geological Park, thousands of tourists from all over the world come to marvel at the beauty of the Rainbow Mountains. These multicolored Rainbow Mountains are
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Conversation With Grandma On New World Order
Grandma (Dadi Amma) asked me “What is this?,” as I shared a video with her on WhatsApp. “It’s the new World Order,” I told her. “It is being worked on…deconstruct/reconstruct.”
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