US is already fighting a conflict with Iran: an economic war that is hurting the wrong people

David Cortright | Many are worried about the risk of war with Iran after the Trump administration leaked discussions of troop deployment in response to...

Narendra Modi has won the largest election in the world: What will this mean for India?

Amitabh Mattoo | The resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition in India’s federal election represents a key marker in the modern history...

Turkish army pull out will bring peace to Northern Syria

Firas Samuri |  In mid-January 2018, the Turkish General Staff announced the beginning of the Olive Branch Operation. The goal was to oust the Kurds...

Beware of geo-economics – Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Today, we are at the threshold of a new geopolitical and geo-economic world order; in which the methods of commerce...

The cost of economic dependency

Ayaz Ahmed | Pakistan's protracted economic reliance on the US and some international financial institutions (IFIs) has seemingly deprived our geo-economically important country of an...

How to make health news interesting — without overselling the claims

Petroc Sumner & Rachel Adams | Health stories are prolific in the news. Each year, thousands of articles are published claiming to have the latest...

Re-engineering of economy

Dr. Farid A Malik | ‘You can have pound of flesh but cannot draw blood’. These are the lines from the 16th century play ‘Merchant...

Climate change: Sea level rise could displace millions of people within two generations

Jonathan Bamber & Michael Oppenheimer | Antarctica is further from civilization than any other place on Earth. The Greenland ice sheet is closer to home...

Govt. should step up to increase textile export

Dr. Omer Javed | When the PTI government took office, it inherited a huge current account deficit, and it was assumed that it would take...

Afghan Talks: Sticking points include the spoiling role of India – Jan Achakzai

Jan Achakzai | As Doha talks have entered into a very crucial phase, there are signs of some critical issues defying the consensus between the...

Trouble in the Gulf as US-Iran dispute threatens to escalate into serious conflict

Tony Walker | The last thing the world needs at a moment of significant trade tensions between the United States and China is a Middle...

A panoramic view of Pakistan’s banking system

Raza Jafri | Banks play an important intermediary role in any economy, transferring money from savers (depositors) to the users of capital (the borrowers). Banks...
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