In lecturing about the state of liberal democracy over the past couple of years, I have been frequently asked whether the authoritarian tide taking place around the world can be stopped, and
The recent convening of the fourth Fund Utilization Committee meeting in Quetta represents more than a routine administrative exercise. It signals a continued institutional commitment to refining one of Balochistan’s most significant
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The recent repayment of a long-term deposit to the United Arab Emirates has been interpreted by some as a sign that Pakistan is once again under fiscal pressure. That reading doesn’t quite
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February 28, 2026, marks a dark date in the contemporary calendar of humanity—a day when the hands of the clocks seemed to go on strike in protest and profound shock. On this
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Pete Hegseth first caught Donald Trump’s attention when on Fox News he defended soldiers like Clint Lorance and Mathew Golsteyn. Golsteyn was accused and Lorance was convicted of killing unarmed detainees and
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A Movement Born in the Margins Many of us shaped by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in the late 1960s and 1970s carry convictions that have never fully faded. We were young
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“The enemy of my enemy is my friend…” J.R. decided to release Rohana Wijeweera from prison after reading this idea in Machiavelli’s book The Prince. If J.R. had not released Wijeweera, there
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As the US’s desperation to exit the conflict increases, few developments within the US’s strategic and security community further reveal that the exit strategies the US is currently planning face strong divisions,
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Ever since human history is known, billions of people have been born and died, and billions more will be born and die in the future as well. If the history of humans
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In the shifting, often turbulent theatre of Bangladesh’s politics, moments arise that test not merely governments, but the very soul of the Republic. The recent move to transform a so-called interim anti-terror
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Sections of the Indian media have spread misconceptions over the meeting convened by the UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Thursday 2nd April regarding the situation around the Strait of Hormuz. Some
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The only clue the US President Donald Trump has given in his prime time televised speech on Wednesday at the White House regarding the ending of his war in Iran is that the core
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The Taliban present their rule as grounded in Sharia. Nearly five years after returning to power, Afghanistan is governed less as an Islamic system and more as a centralized structure of authority
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Wars have a way of exposing illusions. Some collapse instantly; others linger, propped up by wishful thinking and selective analysis. The latest conflict in the Gulf does both. It reveals a Russia
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As violence spreads from the Caribbean to Western Asia, the United States and Israel’s war of aggression against Iran is paralysing the global economy. Its consequences were predictable: it was known that if the United States
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I haven’t written for a while because I’ve been in Deep Springs. I returned after a week of being in a remote place far from the news… to see that we are
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