Democracy
Liberal Democracy
The archons of “Western democracy” have long professed the belief that liberal democratic ideals are universal and must therefore be spread across the world at any cost.
August 12, 2022
Publications
Economic Security
Pakistan under Economic Strangulation?
In my previous article, essentiality of political stability for economic security was discussed in detail. However, in this article, significance of economic security as an element of
August 11, 2022
Government & Politics
Is there a Way Out of the Mess Pakistan is in?
Pakistan today is in a situation never witnessed before during the last 75 years. Pakistani rupee is depreciating at an unprecedented rate. The depreciation witnessed just in
August 5, 2022
Nuclear
Declining Prospects of US-Russia Arms Control: From Cold War to Ukraine Crisis
The United States (US) and Russia are the two largest nuclear weapon states possessing 90% of the world’s nuclear arsenal. During the Cold War, despite being hostile
August 2, 2022
Economic Affairs & National Development
For a Song
The government is mulling the sale of shares in prime state-owned companies to foreign owners, and the rationale being provided is that the country must take desperate
August 1, 2022
Economic Security
The Essentiality of Political Stability for Economic Security
Political sloganeering during an election campaign is a usual phenomenon across the globe, because according to Carl Von Bismarck’s dictum, “Politics is the art of the possible.”
August 1, 2022
Climate Change
Pakistan: Heatwave Chars National Well-being
A brutal heat wave with record high temperatures scorched cities across Pakistan from March till June this year. Sindh’s Nawabshah city recorded 2022’s hottest ever temperature with mercury soaring to 51oC.
July 28, 2022
Movements
Will Populism Survive in Future Politics?
During the Cold War, the world was divided between two distinct and very conflicting ideologies: Capitalism and Communism. The fall of the Soviet Union left a political
July 27, 2022
Constitution of Pakistan
Gilgit-Baltistan: A Just Province
Looking Back at History Before the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the present day Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region was part of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), one of the
July 27, 2022
Artificial Intelligence
Towards AI Sentience?
Artificial Intelligence or AI continues to amaze us in different ways. The recent episode of Blake Lemoine and the Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) has once
July 25, 2022
