Global power politics
In the global arena, power politics refers to the continuing competition among states for influence, economic might, and strategic supremacy, which essentially means pursuing national interests. A recent example of…
Power politics
Capital suggestion Our newly elected government is now 18 months old. Over the past 18 months, the Pakistani amphitheatre has seen three major power players and three game-changing events. The…
Power politics and Kashmir
The contrast between the two countries could hardly have been more eye-catching. While Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was jeered at by his countrymen in New York, the Indian diaspora in…
Viewpoint: Ukrainian crisis and big power politics
By inciting revolt in Ukraine the Western countries have put themselves in a difficult situation, provoking a measured yet aggressive response from Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin had watched quietly…
Election Outlook-IX: Power politics
That electricity expansion always proves popular in the context of developing and least developed countries in particular is a strong reality that has found its best expression in a war-ravaged…
Power politics among equals
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has some serious explaining to do. Wiki Leaks has dealt him and his clean politics a big blow, only if he cares to acknowledge it. Mr.…
Water, power and politics
How can we grow and prosper together? Is this question truly so difficult that we have yet to find a wise and effective answer? In reality, our democratic and federal…
Power, politics, Pakistan
Power politics in Pakistan has a long history. Almost every regime did its best to propagate, manipulate and temper the constitution's fabric to for its own interest. Institutions' subjective interpretations…
In US politics, grandmas and grandpas grab the power
In 2018, in the country that gave us young leaders like John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama, political power has been grabbed by politicians in their seventies and eighties. What…
Power sector: Economics and politics
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif convinced beyond a shadow of doubt that he would win the March 2018 elections by a landslide if his administration succeeds in meeting the energy shortfall…
