The course of a nation’s life, it may come at a crossroads where difficult decisions must be made that exact weighty concessions from the status quo. Elites must, in such conditions, yield
In two key senses of the term, our nation is suffering from a profound disconnect. The first is in the practical sense, where an ever-extending period of deliberate internet disconnection
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Although the state of Pakistan has always been in a never-ending crisis since its inception (or that is what generations of Pakistanis have experienced), the irony
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Security, under the changed paradigm, embraces all aspects of individual, group, societal, and state affairs, including physical, territorial, economic, food, energy
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In a recently published book by the National University of Sciences & Technology, my chapter on “Domestic Politics in Hybrid War” asserts that domestic
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The traditional Chinese curse, ‘may you live in interesting times’ apparently a blessing is ironically used to suggest that life is
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Despite all the known and unknown ills of democracy, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (US) have remained the two classical beacons of enviable traditions of democratic values,
Greed and power are the defining features of human nature. This has also been alluded to in Classical Realism that the desire for power and conflict are inherent features of human nature.
Over the past few days, social media initially and later mainstream media in Pakistan have been abuzz with news of alleged leaked audio clips from the Prime Minister’s Office. The alleged hacker
The recent events in Pakistan have been nothing short of a typical South Asian soap opera with complicated plots and convoluted turns, leaving the public in shock with the unfolding each successive
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