How safe is Indonesia’s democracy from Islamic extremism?

In May, the governor of Jakarta, Indonesia – a Christian – was convicted for blasphemy against religion and sentenced to two years in prison. The conviction has shocked observers around...

ISIS: the face of terror and options for Pakistan to deal with it

Qazi Abdul Mohsin | It may be surprising to hear, but it is a plain fact that modern global jihad originated as a consequence of...

PPP impeding accountability in Sindh

Rida Hussain | The successful annulment of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999 by the Sindh Assembly is perhaps a  sigh of relief for many of...

Israel tackles Trump’s Syrian blues

M. K. Bhadrakumar | Government officials can be broadly put into two categories — those who take to bureaucratic skullduggery like fish to water and...

Unite and rule: EU as NATO’s auxiliary economic alliance

Nauman Sadiq l According to a recent infographic by New York Times, 79,000 US troops have currently been deployed in Europe out of 210,000 total US...

Of biscuits and hot tea-cups: US aid to Pakistan over the years

Saleem Akhtar Malik l Since 1947, Pakistan’s relationship with the US has followed a tortuous and unpredictable route. The relationship had all along been a...

Pakistan, Washington and the folly of cultivating echo chambers.

Saeed Afridi | The tragic, darkly comic and somewhat farcical saga that was the “Raymond Davis Incident” is perhaps the best allegory of what is...

Pakistan’s dormant tourism industry

Rida Hussain | The construction of CPEC is indeed an eye-opening evidence that signifies the geographical location Pakistan enjoys. Landlocked from three sides and a...

Police raids Grand Ambassador Hotel

Muhammad Azam | Moral fascism can be defined as: A group of individuals, with an unjustified faith in the inherent ability of government to solve...

How the Indian state manages and controls diversity

Saikat Bhattacharya | Introduction The Indian state has to rule over an area with much diversity. Among them linguistic, class, caste and religious diversities deserve mention....

Qatar: a case study of how small states are treated in International realm

James M. Dorsey | A Qatari refusal to bow to the dictate of its larger neighbors is a case study of the place of small...

Of oil,economy,and Israel:US stakes in Syria

Nauman Sadiq l Washington’s interest in the Syrian civil war is partly about ensuring Israel’s regional security and partly it is about doing the bidding...
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