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A new Monroe Doctrine for a multipolar world?

The newly released American National Security Strategy signals a sharp return to a familiar pattern in US statecraft. The Trump administration...

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Syed Mohammad Ali

Venezuela — the next war front

Ex-Noble Peace Prize-aspirant President Donald Trump has recently been busy igniting a new direct war across the Caribbean, with Venezuela. The...

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Aneela Shahzad

Dealing with the PTI

This is my country's fourth front, with the three already open in surveying and defending both eastern and western borders and fighting terror in...

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Shahzad Chaudhry

The scope of multidisciplinarity in liberal arts education

To whom it may concern-III The effectiveness of Art and Humanities courses in achieving a multidisciplinary approach in liberal arts education is...

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Sadia Pasha Kamran

Social media and teenagers

Australia has banned under-16s from social media in what is the world's first such crackdown, with the Government of Prime Minister Anthony...

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Iqbal's duel with Hafiz as interpreted by Bijnori

In the formative years of the 20th century, as the Muslim world grappled with colonial fragmentation and spiritual ennui, Allama Muhammad Iqbal...

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Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

Between equations and expectations

Teaching undergraduate students in their fifteenth and sixteenth years of education, with physics as their major, is for me far more than a formal...

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Dr Intikhab Ulfat

Gilgit-Baltistan — some history, some future

My piece last week concerning my recent travels in Gilgit-Baltistan evoked public interest. Connectivity — air and land — as highlighted remains...

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Inam Ul Haque

Charlatans of free speech

Hillary Clinton appeared at a talk organised by the far right Israel Hayom magazine, which is sponsored by the Israeli American megadonor named...

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Imran Jan

OIC nations' need for fairer investor-state dispute reforms

As the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group-III prepares to convene its 53rd, 54th and 55th Sessions on...

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M Usman Piracha

NCPS 2025: the road ahead for Pakistan

For many Pakistanis, the word "corruption" evokes frustration, long queues and a quiet sense that there is little they can do to navigate a system...

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Durdana Najam

Green Compact: new era of Pak-UK climate leadership

As the world returns home from the COP30 summit in Brazil, global partnership on tackling climate change has never been more important. Pakistan...

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Jane Marriott

Does religion help or hinder progress? A tale of two states

Is religion a force for national development, or does it stand in the way of progress? This question continues to divide public discourse across...

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M Zeb Khan

Signals of political decay

Signals emerging from the current political landscape are not a good omen for Pakistan's political system - a reality apparent to anyone with even...

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Dr Syed Akhtar Ali Shah

Closure and dignity

In the aftermath of the dirty wars in Argentina, from 1976 to 1983, a group of anthropologists came together to create an organisation called...

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Muhammad Hamid Zaman

Immunity (to wisdom)

Don't let them read, don't let them learn. Keep them suppressed and ensure that they never use their brain. It all makes sense now. If they start...

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Zorain Nizamani

India's commitment trap

Following the ceasefire ending the Pakistan-India crisis of May 2025, Indian Prime Minister Modi declared a "New Normal" according to which India's...

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Zamir Akram

Pakistan in a rapidly changing world

In discussing the geopolitical environment in which Pakistan exists at this time in its 80-year history, we should distinguish between the near and...

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