THE strategic choices most consequential to Pakistan’s future lie within. They involve dealing with recurrent economic crises, providing effective governance, defeating terrorism, making education accessible to all its children and…
MARTIN Luther was by any standards a great man. He took on mediaeval Europe’s strongest institution, the papacy, and changed the continent’s religious map. The 95 theses he nailed on…
PAKISTAN is a country led by political lemmings. Driven by some primeval instinct to commit suicide, periodically they rush towards the precipice where common sense ends, and then hurl themselves…
PRESIDENT Joe Biden insists that he is still running. He has not said in which direction. He needs to decide quickly before someone makes up his mind for him. Some…
FOR India’s ruling BJP, what will Aug 5 be most remembered for? It is, of course, the day that Sheikh Hasina Wajed was deposed by a mass uprising against her…
In an article in these pages, ‘No one wins a war’ (June 17), the writer Abdul Sattar has attempted to assess the prospects for settlement of the conflict between Russia…
He wanted the US presidential election to be about “Bidenomics.” Instead, it risks being about “Bidenflation.” Joe Biden faces one of the biggest threats to his hopes of beating Donald…
These were originally remarks at a recent memorial meeting: a galaxy of Pakistani luminaries have paid truly exceptional tributes to the late Sartaj Aziz Sahib (former finance and foreign minister…
In the 1992 American elections, Bill Clinton’s strategist and adviser James Carville would get questions on what Clinton would do to beat such a popular and powerful Bush Senior. James…
Is the wave of neo-populism declining across the globe? The answer to this question is still ambiguous. However, from the tempestuous exit of Imran Khan and the defeat of Jair…
