It’s just a debate
Make or break. Win or lose. Change perceptions. Transform opinions. These are some objectives of the importance of Leadership communication. The American Presidential debates are prime example of this see…
Adieu, 2022
FEW will shed tears at the extinction of 2022. It has been a strange, unhappy year for almost everyone. Perhaps the most disappointed is former prime minister Imran Khan. He…
Italian trendsetter
WELL before global politics featured the likes of Trump, Bolsonaro, Orban, Erdogan, Imran Khan, Modi or even Netanyahu, there was Silvio Berlusconi, the slick and smarmy business magnate who was…
Maverick politicians
I HAVE a confession to make: there is not much left to say this week. The political crisis, the economic meltdown and the constitutional impasse — all seem to have…
They called Mandela a terrorist
WHEN the lights suddenly go off, we mostly lean on our primordial instincts to negotiate the darkened room with memory of passage through the maze of obstacles and locate, say,…
Deterrence and diplomacy
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…
In their own words
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…
Avec moi, le déluge
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…
More than change
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…
History of BJP’s diplomatic gaffes
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…
