For many economists and political commentators, Latin America was the utopia in the mid-2000s when the region was experiencing unprecedented growth and democracy seemed to have more or less consolidated in several countries. From Brazil – which saw its aggregate...
Decades ago Francis Fukuyama wrote his now (in)famous The End of History arguing that with the fall of Soviet Union, the world has become unipolar and the western liberal order has triumphed all else. Fast forward a few years and...
While the international community had all its eyes fixed on the Turkish advances along its Syrian borders as well as President Trump’s impulsive tweets, across the ocean, leaders of the world’s two biggest countries – China and India – were...
Pakistan’s descend from a developing country to a security state might have been gradual, but the last few years drastically hastened the pace. From enjoying a largely close relationship with the US and almost brokering a deal with India under...
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom” were the iconic words of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on the eve of the country’s independence from the British empire....
Afghanistan has often been called the graveyard of empires due to its long history humbling the imperial powers of its time, be it the British or the Soviet Union. And the United States has been no different in this regard,...
(Karachi) On 31st May, Modi took his oath as the Indian Prime Minister for a second term in a grand ceremony with an even grander mandate, after his Bharatiya Janata Party cruised through another successive election victory, earning a record...
Over the past three decades, Pakistan has been a regular customer of the International Monetary Fund’s bailouts. So much so that every government that has come into power since 1988 has turned to the lender, even if only a handful...
The outgoing Sunday marked conclusion of sixth leg of the seven-phase Indian elections where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a second term against the coalition led by Indian National Congress, which seeks to bring back its glory...
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