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Pakistan at 75

‘The Round Table’ – the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs – has been enlightening its readers since 1910. It offers analysis and commentary on various aspects of international affairs, exclusively…

Trade with India

THE debate over whether or not Pakistan should trade with India has resurfaced in recent weeks, prompted in part by the poor health of the economy, as well as recent…

The liberal myth

MANY non-white peoples are outraged at the Western mainstream’s response to Russia’s military assault on Ukraine. Western media, intellectuals and politicians are united in their sanctioning of Russia under the pretext that…

mRNA and Ghalib

“mRNA TECHNOLOGY is a watershed moment for the future of vaccines. The same technology can be used to prevent dozens of otherwise untreatable autoimmune diseases. The same manufacturing facility and…

Hail the emperor

WHO rules Pakistan? Some may say the answer is simple: the establishment. This may be accurate to the extent that our structure of power is conceptualised within our physical borders.…

Plateau of democracy

After some speculation about whether or not it would be included in the list of invitees to attend the global Summit for Democracy, Islamabad’s decision to ultimately stay out is…

History and truth

IT has been almost three weeks since students went on strike at Balochistan University, the flagship educational institution in Pakistan’s biggest and most brutalised province. In the same time period,…