The establishment of a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies in Pakistan necessitates a structured and phased approach. The first article of this series explored the initial step of defining cryptocurrencies and…
Our gross external debt and liabilities have soared from $44 billion in 2008 to a staggering $132 billion. Every year, a back-breaking Rs10 trillion is consumed by debt servicing alone.…
ALMOST 70 years ago, the Chinese leader Mao Zedong dismissed the US as a “paper tiger”. He clarified that the reference was strategic. “Regarding [American imperialism] as a whole, we…
PRELIMINARY judgement on any new US administration usually involves waiting for at least 100 days before holding it to account. That arbitrary measure seems particularly inappropriate in the context of…
Political scientists are obsessed with trying to understand the socio-political world we live in. Oftentimes, they emulate natural scientists, occupied with finding common patterns in seemingly unrelated phenomena. Such generalisations…
Bitcoin adoption is accelerating at a very rapid pace. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has invested $436 million in Bitcoin ETFs, and the State of Wisconsin Investment Board holds…
In the aftermath of the two world wars, the establishment of the United Nations (UN) in 1945 was heralded as a bold and idealistic effort to build a new global…
Along with China’s strong economic and strategic presence in Latin America, the US is also facing some other issues from the countries of the Americas region. The problem of mass…
“This is the first time in over a hundred years that the US secretary of state is going on his first visit to Latin America.” These were the words of…
Guatemala is open to receiving citizens of other Central American nations who are deported from the United States, three sources familiar with the matter said, as the country looks to…
