The world in 2030
What will the world look like in 2030? Can we predict the future based on current trends? Perhaps, to some extent. However, the United States National Intelligence Council (NIC) has…
Wish all you want
The two indigenous long marches of the past rekindle totally different memories. So, will the third have its distinguishing features? Do you care if it does? Who knows? Even as…
Venezuela without Chavez
On January 10 Hugo Chavez was supposed to take oath as Venezuela’s president for the next term – 2013-2019. Undergoing surgery for cancer in Cuba, he was not able to…
Make-or-break month for Merkel’s deputy Roesler
Germany's deputy chancellor, Philipp Roesler, faces a make-or-break month as head of the Free Democrats, with a key speech to his pro-business party Sunday and elections in his home state…
Difficult to compare
How do you compare the economic track record and performance of one government with another? For example, if we want to determine whether or not the present government’s economic track…
Owning profit
Whose profits were they?....They arose from the sale of energy products, particularly gasoline, that the American Public had no practical choice but to purchase", extracts from the book, Private Empire…
Identifying top place where corruption resides
Measuring corruption accurately is just not impossible. Economists have used indirect mathematical tools to come up with guesstimates. It is irrelevant whether corruption in Pakistan is to the tune of…
The sectarian ghoul in Gilgit
The region of Gilgit-Baltistan made news this year not for its scenic beauty, but for sectarianism in the form of brutal murders and target killings. Historically, the region has been…
A fragile experiment
Mansoor Ijaz has done it again. His revelation last week that DG ISI Lt-Gen Shuja Pasha reached out to Arab countries to discuss the possibility of a coup has thrown…
Some Kabul themes
Apart from the negotiations with the Taliban and the US troops’ withdrawal plans, much of what is happening in Afghanistan, especially the impact of the state’s reconstruction on society, should…
