The enduring name and philosophy of Iqbal
M Zafar Khan Safdar | The advent of the 20th century marked the consolidation of national states based on regional fidelities. Reason replaced religion as...
The Americas: Caught between two evils – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | You can’t help but feel sorry for Latin Americans. They inevitably end up with either a right-wing “capitalist” dictator or a...
What are the cornerstones of Pakistan’s maritime security strategy?
Rashid Nazir Choudhary | Preservation and maintenance of stable maritime order, in the Indian Ocean particularly in the Arabian Sea, is one of the cornerstones...
New World Order: National Interest supersedes all ethnic & religious identity? – James M Dorsey
James M Dorsey | A global rise of nationalist and populist tendencies has not only given anti-migrant, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic and racist tendencies a new lease...
American troops are not dying for God, family, or country – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | This past weekend, Major Brent Taylor was killed in action in Afghanistan, where the U.S. government has now been waging war...
Did the Russians influence my vote? – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | I voted Libertarian yesterday, and the New York Times has me really worried. In an article yesterday entitled “Russians Meddling in...
Bureaucracy: Between whims and rules
Muhammad Zahid Rifat | Public servants or in other words bureaucracy is an important pillar of the government; be it at national or provincial level....
Don’t kill the “Invaders” – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | As some of you might know, I was a trial lawyer for 12 years in Texas before I shifted into the...
India has historic role in Moscow format on Afghanistan – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | Many a slip between the cup and the lip may be possible when it comes to the Afghan peacemaking, but with...
Move Trump’s wall to D.C – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | A man who lives in Washington, D.C., was recently taken into custody at his home. The charge? He crossed the border...
Water woes: challenges and way forward
Bilal Ghani | The alarm bell is sounding and water bomb is ticking, but I think it has done a little impact on the ears...
Afghanistan’s ethnic divide: Crisis of Identity and Power
Qamar Cheema | The world is moving from liberal leadership and democracy to illiberal democracy and illiberal leadership but Afghanistan has yet to even have these...