Category: Politics

Parties and Movements

A roundtable discussion on the challenges that left-wing political formations face around the world. Sheri…

The X Ban

Waqas Ahmed at The Express Tribune: Former (Pakistani) senator Farhatullah Babar (chief of PPP’s human…

Rectifying the Past, Neglecting the Present

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

Zionism Über Alles

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

Why is Russia’s President for Life Bothering With an Election Campaign?

The Proof is in the Putin Excerpts of an article by Andrew Ryvkin at Air…

‘Election Heist’

The Economist, March 14, 2024: Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League party (PML-N) is back in…

Family Drama in the Garden State

Two of New Jersey’s three statewide offices could be held by people living in the…

Skeletons in the Closet

Irshad Salim: In the Summer of 2020, I shared one of the many moments and…

Z A Bhutto: Incomplete Justice

Will the judges remain in their ivory towers or see the reality of political injustice…

Asif Ali Zardari: The Prince of Guile

Even his rivals acknowledge that Zardari is a deal-maker par excellence. He has been written…

Two Speeches, Two Americas

Jonathan Weisman in The New York Times: On Tuesday night, a triumphant Donald Trump looked…

The Violent Origins of Political Societies

Niccolò Machiavelli’s profound insights about the violent origins of political societies help us understand the…