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Trump’s Most Worrisome Legacy
April 10, 2019 | Joseph E. Stiglitz
Kirstjen Nielsen’s forced resignation as US Secretary of Homeland Security is no reason to celebrate. Yes, she presided over the forced separation of families ...
Optimism and Challenges of Agriculture Industry in Afghanistan
April 09, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Agriculture and agriculture-related industries are fundamental means of livelihood in Afghanistan supporting around 80% of its population. The climate of Afghanistan is well suited...
How Western Economies Can Avoid the Japan Trap
April 09, 2019 | Mohamed A. El-Erian
Not too long ago, the conventional wisdom held that “Japanification” could never happen in Western economies. Leading US economists argued that if the combined ...
The Need to Establishment of Safe Working Environment for Women
April 08, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Unfortunately, many expressions and reports indicate that women job holders and job seekers are secretly and mentally harassed, particularly sexual harassment is more common ...
Kazakhstan: Testing a 21st Century Upgrade of Faith-Driven Saudi Soft Power
April 08, 2019 | James M. Dorsey
A recent study of the popularity of a Saudi-inspired quietist ultra-conservative strand of Islam among Kazakh businessmen suggests that the kingdom has upgraded its faith-driven ...
Fundamentalism, a curse or blessing for modern world!
April 07, 2019 | Asmat Yari
16th century marks the dawn of modernization with Muslim world at the peak of civilization when West had just begun. The three Islamic states namely Safavid dynasaty in Persia ...
Climate Justice Versus Populism
April 07, 2019 | Stella Schaller and Alexander Carius
The first polls are in. The upcoming European Parliament elections could deliver up to 25% of seats to Euroskeptic right-wing populist forces like Italy’s League party ...
Stoltenberg: NATO Fully Supports Afghan Peace and democratic values
April 06, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Last week, the Foreign ministers of NATO’s 29 member countries had meetings in Washington to mark the alliance’s 70th anniversary and discuss security ...
NATO’s Stoltenberg Paradox
April 06, 2019 | Bogdan Klich
As it turns 70, NATO is facing its most severe challenges since the Cold War ended nearly three decades ago. The Alliance has been rocked by Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea ...
Vigilance is Vital in Democracy
April 04, 2019 | Dilawar Sherzai
Achievements in life are difficult to attain. In order to make achievements in life, it is necessary for an individual to have the urge and the iron will. Without having ...
Economic reform in the Gulf: Who benefits, really?
April 04, 2019 | James M. Dorsey
For Gulf leaders, long-overdue economic reforms were never going to be easy.
Leaders like the crown princes of Saudi ...
The Public Should Value Cultural Norms
April 03, 2019 | Hujjatullah Zia
In the post-Taliban Afghanistan where women act as ministers, ambassadors, MPs, chairpersons of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Election Commission ...
Balochistan: A Powder Keg at a Geopolitical Crossroads
April 03, 2019 | Dr. James M. Dorsey
Balochistan should be oozing with optimism as Chinese and Saudi investment pours into the troubled Pakistani province. It is not. Instead, Balochistan ...
The Outcomes of the War, in the Favor of none of the Parties
April 02, 2019 | M. Hashimi
Wars have always played a dominant role in human societies, if not positive all the times. There are many people in the world who consider that wars are necessary, though wars ...
Springtime for Nationalism?
April 02, 2019 | Bill Emmott
Is populism still on the rise? That question will be looming over elections in Israel, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Spain, and the European Union over the next two months ...
Necessity for Preventive Measures Against Natural Disasters
April 01, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Last Thursday and Friday the west and north provinces of the country were severely damaged with heavy rainfall and flood spate. These floods have badly affected across seven provinces ...
The Transatlantic Continental Drift
April 01, 2019 | Christopher R. Hill
The Earth’s continental plates broke apart and first began to shift hundreds of millions of years ago. But anyone visiting European capitals or following events ...
Public Optimism for Peaceful life in the New Year
March 31, 2019 | Hujjatullah Zia
Notwithstanding the growing hope for peace and stability, Afghans have suffered severely within the past years as the Taliban guerilla fighters intensified their attacks following ...
Europe Needs a Global Strategy
March 31, 2019 | Joschka Fischer
Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States may have hastened the end of the “American Century” and of the US-led postwar international order. ..
Small Pine Nuts, Great Friendship
March 30, 2019 | Liu Jinsong
On March 28th, I, accompanying H.E. President Ghani, attended the launching ceremony of a pine nut processing factory in Kabul Industrial Park. The pine nuts, pine nut processing factory ...
A Low-Carbon Belt and Road
March 30, 2019 | Ma Jun and Simon Zadek
Discussions about climate action nowadays often focus on the largest past and current emitters. But, if one looks to the future, the biggest climate risks and opportunities lie ...
Reactions to Political Prescription of Imran Khan
March 28, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Simultaneous with advances of peace process, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, for the second time, prescribed an interim government to skip the current deadlock ...
Journalism’s Risky Tech Attraction
March 28, 2019 | Alexandra Borchardt
Technology was supposed to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Connect everyone to the Internet, it was once assumed, and democracy would follow. Collect enough data ...
The Red Line of Afghan Women for Peace talks
March 27, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
Peace talks with Taliban have raised deep concerns among many ordinary Afghans, particularly women, against whom many restricted rules were imposed by the Taliban ...
Can Economics Shake Its Shibboleths?
March 27, 2019 | Jim O’Neill
Though economics aspires to the rigor of the natural sciences, at the end of the day it is still a social science. At no point in the past 40 years has this been more ...
How to Promote Rule of Law in Afghanistan?
March 26, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
The philosophies of enacting laws are to ensure justice, orders and protect the rights of citizens in a country. It is the rule of law that draws a distinction between human societies ...
The Fallacy of Soccer’s Magical Bridge-Building Qualities
March 26, 2019 | James M. Dorsey
Imagining himself as a peacemaker in a conflict-ridden part of the world, FIFA President Gianni Infantino sees a 2022 World Cup shared by Qatar with its Gulf detractors, the United ...
The Global Threat of White Terror
March 25, 2019 | Bjørn Ihler
Last week, a far-right extremist killed at least 50 people – including a three-year-old child – worshiping at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch...
The Battle for Leadership of the Muslim World: Turkey plants its flag in Christchurch
March 25, 2019 | James M. Dorsey
When Turkish vice-president Fuat Oktay and foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu became this weekend the first high-level foreign government delegation to travel to Christchurch ...
The Ambition Europe Needs
March 24, 2019 | Dominique Moisi
French President Emmanuel Macron recently launched his platform for the upcoming European Parliament elections. Official reactions to his approach – outlined in a commentary published . . .
Toward a New Global Charter
March 23, 2019 | Carl Bildt
In August 1941, even before the United States had entered World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Franklin D. Roosevelt met secretly off the coast . . .
The Cataclysm and Inferno
March 23, 2019 | Dr. Faisal Ali
There was incessant usage of doggerel in the social media about the confrontation and escalation of tensions between Pakistan and India a few days back. The rancour exhibited ...
Public Sufferings Continue even with Democratic Discourses
March 20, 2019 | Hujjatullah Zia
Violation of human rights and humanitarian law have been widespread around the globe in general and in war-stricken countries in particular. A large number of individuals have ...
Think Local, Develop Better
March 20, 2019 | Zara Kayani
In October 2018, Pakistani television news channels reported on how the local authorities in Pishin, a district in Balochistan province, were building a small dam to cope ...
Kabul summons Pakistani Diplomat after Imran Khan’s Controversial Expressions
March 19, 2019 | Mohammad Zahir Akbari
On Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a Pakistani diplomat official from the embassy in Kabul in a strong protest over Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ...