OPINION
Opinion editorials from various experts and writers
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Assessing FATF role for Pakistan in the context of Wallerstien approach
By Dr. Zahid Khan Basically, the key objective of FATF (Financial Action Task Force) is to set the standards and…
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The New Cold War and the threat of China’s BRI
By Jerry M. Rosenberg While the U.S. is asleep, China plots its next move. Events following the insurrection on the…
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The case of two police sentences and the question of state monopoly over violence
By Aswathy Koonampilly One of the most defining features of the modern social contract is the state’s monopoly over violence.…
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Afghanistan: No peace without a clear vision
By Dr. Djawed Sangdel Peace is the absence of war, while war is the absence of peace! A negotiated peace…
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A court for ethnic disputes
Just before he died at the end of the twentieth century, the great philosopher Isaiah Berlin said, “It was the…
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The catastrophe at the Amazon rainforests
By Sankalp Singh The Amazon once hailed as the World’s ‘lungs’ is now but a major source of carbon emitter.…
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Kashmir: The world’s most forgotten conflict
By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The people of Kashmir are making an earnest appeal to humanity at large, and the…
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It’s time for a Polish-Russian ‘Non-Aggression Pact’ in Belarus and Ukraine
Background Briefing Poland’s in a proverbial pickle after recent moves from its nominal American and German allies. The US’ waiving…
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The Age of Truth and a new dawn of data: Can we trust our politicians?
By Steve Mast Over the past five years, the notion of “truth” has become all too flexible, transparency has become…
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Turkish conflict with United States
By Slavisha Batko Milacic The events in the Middle East have made a large number of interstate relations of the…
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