Category: Opinion

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…

Tariq Ali on Ukraine Nato Expansion (Video)

Democracy Now on March 9 spoke with writer and activist Tariq Ali in London, about…

The World Can Stop Capital Flight Now

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram: Capital flight is widespread, with resource-rich countries more vulnerable. ‘Mis-invoicing’ exports…

A Guide To Putin’s Inner Circle, According to The Onion

The Onion (“America’s Finest News Source”) publishes satirical articles on international, national, and local news….

Arundhati Roy on Religious Nationalism, Dissent, and the Battle Between Myth and History

Arundhati Roy’s Lecture at the University of Texas: Before I begin, I would like to…