Another layer of control
THE establishment’s growing oversight of key state institutions suggests a strategic pivot on its part to restore order within the governance system. While it has historically contributed to institutional dysfunction…
Crypto arms race
On March 6, President Donald Trump made history by signing an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a US Digital Asset Stockpile. On March 7, he doubled…
New ‘arms race’
In an unprecedented move, Ceska Narodni Banka, the Czech Republic's central bank, has become the first to allocate five per cent of its reserves to Bitcoin. This seismic shift has…
South Asia’s AI arms race
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is undeniably driven by disruptive technologies. At the heart of this transformation is artificial intelligence (AI), which states across the world are integrating into their conventional…
US military deals not enough to wean India off Russian arms yet
India’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of US arms are less about shifting its reliance on Russian defence equipment and moving towards the West - it’s more about developing its own domestic weapons…
Hypothetical harms
There is a common thread between the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Texas, and Laguna Beach, California, the January 6 insurrection, everyday police lethality, and the overturning of Roe…
Challenges in tobacco control in Pakistan
The international community observed The World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2022. In the case of Pakistan, however, the Day reminded us all the sordid reality that the cigarette…
Veritable arms of imperialism
The world is caught up in a monstrous flux and it appears difficult to come out of it unscathed. There are powerful countries which are trying to smother the natural…
Great power rivalry’ fuels Pacific arms race frenzy
A quick barrage of missile tests and bumper defense deals in the Pacific have highlighted a regional arms race that is intensifying as the China-US rivalry grows. “There’s a little…
Controlling guns
The rise in gun violence, and its most horrific episodes, brought US President Barack Obama to tears. Flanked by the mothers of Jordan Davis and Chris Martinez, amid the memory…
