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Unrest in Iraq: Continuation of the Arab Spring or a New Political Reality?
Mass protests broke out in Baghdad on October 1, 2019, and continued all
month long. The demonstrations spanned a large part of the country and...
Global Turmoil: Ethics offer a way out of the crisis
Rarely is out-of-the-box thinking needed more
than in this era of geopolitical, political and economic turmoil.
The stakes couldn't be higher in a world in
which civilizationalist...
Different Facets of Power
Country’s
prosperity depends on the vehicle of law with the essence that it should be
same for everyone. Every time the ruler of the country either...
The Intellectual Doomsday Clock: 30 Seconds to Midnight?
As someone who has dedicated his entire professional career to higher education, to engaging young minds and striving to advance new thinking across a...
Beyond the dire needs of Iraq’s demonstration: National renaissance and a new challenge to Iran
For many, Iraqis have
long been gone into hibernation to hold the politicians accountable for
corruption in OPEC's second-largest oil producer. So the first of October
2019 ...
Democrats take a gamble on Trump’s impeachment
Despite all ups and downs, Democrats finally brought
impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump to the House of
Representatives, a move which made Trump’s prediction come...
Poetry and Rancor: Donald Trump, America and the “Hollow Men”
"We are the hollow men, We are the stuffed
men"-T S Eliot, The Hollow Men (1925)
Donald Trump did not emerge ex nihilo, from nothing. He...
Mambo jumbo about Pakistan’s`Establishment’?
Shahbaz Sharif says: `Despite having 100
per cent support of the institutions, the inept government of Imran Khan failed
to deliver’. We were not even given...
Popular Protest: How effective is it?
If there is one theme, beyond corruption and a host of economic and
social grievances, that have driven protests -- large and small, local,
sectoral and...
Joining the global protest fray: Islamists march on the Pakistani capital
Pakistan, long viewed as an
incubator of religious militancy, is gearing up for a battle over the future of
the country’s notorious madrassas, religious seminaries accused...