Category: Opinion

Demystifying China

Maleeha Lodhi at Dawn: Western paranoia about China is frequently reflected in the Western media….

The Public Sector Will Look Very Different in the Next Several Years

Demographic shifts will shape tomorrow’s public sector as the global population is aging, and Gen…

‘Organising is the Best Kind of Antidepressant’

The activists, who first met at Occupy Wall Street in 2011, talk about the limits…

Does AI Understand Things?

Have Large Language Models (LLMs) demonstrated “theory of mind”?; Do LLM representations map onto the…

Resolutions and Realities: Between 1940 and 2024

Minority becomes majority Javed Jabbar at Dawn: In 2024, as in 1940, we, too, have…

The Indian Giant Has Arrived

Mohamed A. El-Erian and Nobel-winner Michael Spence at Project Syndicate: India’s recent economic success, solid…

Building Empathy in a Fractured World

Hybrid work. Talent shortages. Polarizing politics. Building a culture is tougher than ever. Recent research…

How Capitalism Became a Threat to Democracy

Mordecai Kurz at Project Syndicate: Does free-market capitalism buttress democracy, or does it unleash anti-democratic…

Frans de Waal (R.I.P.) and the Origins of War

John Horgan at his own website: I interviewed de Waal in 2007 while researching my…

Rectifying the Past, Neglecting the Present

Top court endorsed what everyone knew since Bhutto’s hanging: it was a miscarriage of justice…

What is Economic Inclusion? How Do We Measure Economic Inclusion?

Economic inclusion is when people not only have their basic subsistence needs met but also…

Zionism Über Alles

Hans Kundnani in Dissent: In the five months since October 7, people around the world…