Category: Opinion
The US-China “Thucydides Trap” and Pakistan
Ambassador G Rasool Baluch: In my earlier essay published in July 2020 in this paper,…
The Rich Are Not Who We Think They Are. And Happiness Is Not What We Think It Is, Either.
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz in The New York Times: We now know who is rich in America….
5 Warning Signs Of A Toxic Personality
PSYBLOG: Toxic personalities can survive and even prosper in the workplace, and elsewhere, if they…
Having the Cake and Eating It Too
Pakistan was being run for decades focused on political economy, and continues. The fruits of…
Living Beyond Means Syndrome: Responsibility Lies With the Civil Society
Syed Shabbar Zaidi writes in The Business Recorder: Pakistan is one of the 52 countries…
NATO’s Philosophers
Santiago Zabala and Claudio Gallo at Aljazeera: In a recent article – Putin’s philosophers: Who inspired…
The danger Pakistan faces today is of democratic backsliding
Maleeha Lodhi in Dawn: Polarization today characterizes the country. There are few if any precedents…
Does America Really Want Real News on Cable?
By Joe Ferullo in The Hill: In a memo issued on his first official day…
The Case Against the Supreme Court of the United States
Ian Millhiser in Vox: Two events occurred Monday night — one historic, the other rather insignificant…
A Short Conversation on Imran Khan’s PTI
#1a: PTI is indeed deft at Science Of Minds (Mind Games). #2a: PTI is back…
Khan Was An Experiment That Went Wrong?
AYESHA SIDDIQA thinks so. She is author of Military Inc., an insightful book on military-business…
Language, Identity, and Pakistani Writing in English
by Claire Chambers: Language has an important role to play in national identity. One only…