Is climate a security issue?
As the planet warms to red every summer, the era of the Anthropocene, or the man-made century, is turning out to be an existential challenge to humankind itself. In all…
Pakistan’s security challenges
Part - I Pakistan’s principal challenge lies within – defeating militancy and extremism, reviving the economy, resolving the energy crisis, educating its children and generating jobs to absorb the youth…
Year of transitions
2013 was a year of transitions when new leaderships assumed charge of the government, judiciary and the army. The year saw the realignment of power between different state institutions in…
Afghanistan faces economic timebomb as Nato war ends
The Taliban insurgency may still be raging but the poor state of the economy could pose a bigger threat to Afghanistan's long-term viability, and huge mineral reserves are unlikely to…
Talks about talks, again
Although Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s provocative remarks about Pakistan earlier this month appear to have cast a shadow over upcoming talks between India and Pakistan, they came as little surprise.…
Price of discord and delay
Delays in the audit of Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election and uncertainty about its outcome is casting a long shadow over the country’s political and security transitions when the deadline for…
Uncertain path to 2014
For some time it seemed that Afghanistan had slipped from Washington’s top priorities as the Obama administration became preoccupied by political gridlock at home, as well as fast moving developments…
The other time bomb
Pakistan is a nation focused on the crisis du jour. Crises like ‘climate change, environment and population’ are only mentioned occasionally in the newspapers or soft news morning shows, because…
The sparks are aflame
Much may already have happened, but much more, tragically, continues to happen. It may not be difficult to fathom the direction the steps currently underway are chiselling, or its impact…
Living in the worst of times
Pakistan’s eighth caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar has taken the reins of the country at a time when it faces economic, social and political disharmony of the worst kind.…
