International law & foreign policy
The recently released Chilcot Report of the Iraq Inquiry has created quite a stir in international law and politics. Crucially, its bruising fallout for the UK and US also offers…
Reality of ‘war on drugs’
If politics makes strange bedfellows, politics and drugs produce even stranger ones. The partnership between drug trafficking and national politics has taken a truly bizarre turn in the fight against…
Asia-Europe economic cooperation
Of the several interesting seminars, I recently attended at Frankfurt the one on Asian European integration was extremely forward looking in its content. It sported prominent panellists, including our own…
The data controversy
Official statistics are a public trust. Much of the edifice (if not all) of government policy effort and action should be rested on the foundations of accurate, credible, transparent, accountable…
For Deutsche Bank’s Cryan, profit can wait
Almost one year into his tenure as Deutsche Bank's chief executive, John Cryan says he has ushered in a new culture of openness, rooted out bad behaviour and set about…
Benefits of Gadani power plants
Pakistan's power sector is in deep crisis due to massive loadshedding and lack of reliable power supply to meet the existing demand. This situation has arisen due to poor planning…
Our ‘panamanian’ disease
Illicit financial activities enabled by tax havens undermined the fight against poverty. When taxes are evaded, when state assets are taken and put into these havens, all of these things…
Politics of prosperity
The CPEC is the most talked about subject in Pakistan today. From aspiring individuals to organisations, all seem to be setting off on a mission to exploit the potential opportunities…
Price of self-imposed regional isolation
Pakistan is perhaps one of the few luckiest countries in the world as two of its closest neighbours - China and India - are leading what is called the Asian…
The one simple thing Hillary could do (but won’t)
Panic is seeping into Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. Her recent lead of more than 10 points over Donald Trump has withered to 1.5 percent. There are many reasons why she…
