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Khan’s government in November 2021 had allowed overseas Pakistanis (including dual nationals) to cast their ballot: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led ruling alliance is all set to undo the provision
Continue readingDual-national overseas Pakistanis can’t vote anymore
Santiago Zabala and Claudio Gallo at Aljazeera: In a recent article – Putin’s philosophers: Who inspired him to invade Ukraine? – we outlined the theoretical stances of three thinkers who likely helped
Maleeha Lodhi in Dawn: Polarization today characterizes the country. There are few if any precedents of this even though divisive politics is not new. This polarization has divided people, society
Continue readingThe danger Pakistan faces today is of democratic backsliding
by David J. Lobina: What I really mean, of course, is what The Language of Thought (LoT, postea) is like; after all, in previous entries of this series on the
Continue readingWhat’s The Language of Thought, That A Person May Grasp It?
By Joe Ferullo in The Hill: In a memo issued on his first official day as the head of CNN, Chris Licht told his staff “too many people have lost
Continue readingDoes America Really Want Real News on Cable?
Putin’s Decision to Shoot for Gold Could Move Global Energy Trade Away From the Dollar. In a powerful and disruptive move, Putin has floated the idea of Western economies depositing
A WhatsApp share by Zafar Iqbal: Imran Khan is the ONLY leader in the history of Pakistan who has genuinely worked his way up to the top.Sadly, nobody understands this.
The Global South will suffer the most as colonial legacies, climate change, and capitalism continue to plunge millions into hunger. Raj Patel in the Boston Review: The first tank hadn’t
Continue readingOur Global Food System Was Already in Crisis. Ukraine War Will Make It Worse
Colin Grant at Lapham’s Quarterly: Today almost as many Caribbeans reside overseas than live at home. Outward and inward migration from and to the region provides an illuminating case study
Continue readingCircular Migration To and From: ‘Wheel and Come Again’
The world now has many of the tools needed to keep climate change in check, the United Nations’ climate research team reported last month. But humanity will still need to
Continue readingThis is What We Need to Invent to Fight Climate Change
Ian Millhiser in Vox: Two events occurred Monday night — one historic, the other rather insignificant — which placed an unflattering spotlight on the Supreme Court of the United States. The
Continue readingThe Case Against the Supreme Court of the United States
Trevor Quirk in Guernica: For the millions who were enraged, disgusted, and shocked by the Capitol riots of January 6, the enduring object of skepticism has been not so much
Continue readingA Crop of New Books Attempts to Explain the Allure of Conspiracy Theories