Political battling vs national interests
This trend is an about-turn, though not by the US, and proves how in the past the US forced European countries to pursue fundamentally wrong strategies. While it proves yet…
National interests
Policy puzzles are solved solely in the national interest. So be it! As a first step to regain lost dignity we need to follow a foreign policy that promotes a…
Revisiting national interests
One thing is crystal clear and it is that we have to resurrect ourselves as a state and a society. And that, with luck, we might be able to do…
National interests and diplomacy
One hears much talk in the media these days about national interests and diplomacy, but many commentators do not seem to be clear about the meaning of these terms. Similarly,…
National security policy needs revisit
This is the second of a two-part series detailing the 2020 National Security Policy’s (NSP) ill-advised focus on economic diplomacy – ill-advised as the world moves from unipolarity to multipolairty.…
Trump’s economic nationalism
Right-wing populist Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the 2024 US presidential election is expected to fuel a resurgence of economic nationalism in the US. The 21st century has witnessed a…
National purpose
A COUNTRY aspiring to rise within the comity of nations needs a clear national purpose, pursued by visionary leadership, predicated on a long-term plan, and overseen by rigorous accountability mechanisms.…
Divided in a national emergency
WHEN calamities strike it usually unites nations. Not so this time in Pakistan. The worst floods in the country’s history should have urged political rivals to set aside their partisan interests and…
Our national soap opera
Pakistani politics is full of twists and turns like a smash-hit soap opera. The curtain falls on one thrilling episode and the next starts, promising to keep the audience on…
Consumer end tariff design and National Electricity Plan 2023
Utilities consider investments in generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure as fixed costs because these investments are not influenced by individual customer energy consumption. Traditionally, these costs are covered by variable…
