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Half-Baked Policymaking Is Undercooking India’s Future
Indians are addicted to image and how they are perceived by outsiders. This obsession is also true when it…
Feudal Ties and Pakistani Elections
Leading up to Pakistan’s 2018 national elections, familiar contentions made their way back into the spotlight. It’s…
Editor’s Desk: We are Mir
Branded a CIA agent by the Taliban, and a Taliban sympathizer by his critics, Hamid Mir is the face of political…
Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Multi-National…
The narrative of the big, bad multi-national corporation (MNC) swooping into developing countries to off-shore low…
Trouble in Paradise: Maldivian Political Crisis
Earlier this month, the political crisis in the small island nation of the Maldives deepened when tensions arose…
Afghanistan: The Rise of Yet Another ISIS Front
With the withdrawal of most coalition troops after 16 years of Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan has emerged…
Striking the Impossible Balance: The Rise of Censorship…
Recent developments within several Southeast Asian countries have prompted concern regarding the rights of the…
Trans Erasure: The Obsession with Binaries
As Pakistani society progresses and evolves, the perception and treatment of the transgender community remains…
Salvation or Insecurity? Afghanistan’s Ethnic…
Former Mujahideen leader and now governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, Mohammad Atta Noor has sparked…
The Mosquito vs. the Modern Nation State: Climate Change…
"Away with a pæan of derision
You winged blood-drop.
Can I not overtake you?
Are you one too many for me…
Sharp Edges of a Broken Glass Ceiling: Women in…
Both cultural barriers and structural gender discriminative policies are interwoven in a way that systemically…
Too Big To Fail: What Next For US-Pakistani Relations?
2018 started on the worst possible note for US-Pakistani relations. Donald Trump’s inaugural tweet accused…