A new military leadership
About five years ago, the commandant of the Pakistan Army’s most well-reputed cadet-officer training academy invited me to address trainees on a date of my choice in the second half…
Military budgets
Buckle up for a shocking revelation: According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2024, global military expenditure reached an unprecedented $2,718 billion, the steepest year-on-year rise since…
Military budgets
Buckle up for a shocking revelation: According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2024, global military expenditure reached an unprecedented $2,718 billion, the steepest year-on-year rise since…
What actually constitutes leadership?
Authentic leadership. Inclusive leadership. Transformational leadership. These are the modern day leadership approaches that are being discussed, adapted and being tipped as the need of the hour. Leadership has always…
How to solve the leadership crisis
Poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty.” This profound wisdom from Daron Acemoglu --recent Nobel laureate (October 2024) in economics and co-author of…
Military in civil support
The term ‘military deployment in aid of civil power’ refers to the use of armed forces to assist civil authorities in special circumstances when local or federal law enforcement agencies…
Test of leadership
THE new government has assumed power in an environment marked by political turmoil, polarisation and controversy over the election. In his second stint as prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif heads a fragile six-party…
Military’s constitutional role
WHILE expressing his innocent wonder over why our armed forces are “often made the subject of criticism”, Gen Bajwa, our former army chief, recently conceded that this may just have something to…
Creeping military rule?
THE battle lines had long been drawn. Now the fight has reached a critical stage. The May 9 attacks on military installations in some cities seem to be a turning point. Enraged…
Leadership matters
RECEP Tayyip Erdogan has won a third presidential term. His dominance of the Turkish political scene for over two decades has been marked both by enviable successes and trying challenges.…
