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Ana Husain: Beyond Nationalism: The Kurdish Dilemma Re-examined
The Kurdish Question warrants a more comprehensive examination Seemingly intractable, positively complex – the question of the Kurds has been an area of contention in Middle-East politics, dating back to the Kurds’ frequent rebellions against the Ottoman Empire. Turkey’s decision … Continue reading
Filed under Discussion, Human Rights, Pakistan Horizon, Syria, The Middle East, Turkey
A Step Back in Time: The Ukraine War’s Weight Over the Energy Question
On June 20, 2022, as Russian state-controlled gas provider Gazprom announced its decision to slash natural gas flows to its Western European clients via the Nord Stream pipeline to 40% capacity, Germany – followed shortly after by Austria and the … Continue reading
Imperial Violence and the Trauma of France’s Mission civilisatrice
Re-Constructing the Murder of Ali Boumendjel in French Historiography On 2 March 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron officially confessed that Algerian nationalist, lawyer and freedom fighter Ali Boumendjel was ‘tortured and murdered’ on 23 March 1957 by French colonial forces. … Continue reading
‘Fundamental uncertainty’: Keynesian economics and COVID-19
With the colossal scale of the crises looming over the global economy, perhaps now is as crucial a time as ever to revisit the Keynesian notion of ‘fundamental uncertainty’ ‘By uncertain knowledge,’ wrote John Maynard Keynes in 1921, ‘I do … Continue reading
Filed under Discussion, Economy, Pakistan, Pakistan Horizon, Politics, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United States
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act: An Insidious Case of Bigotry by Modi
The racist new Indian citizenship law hides behind the skirts of refugee issues but in reality it intends to disempower Muslims in India. We in Pakistan are very fortunate to enjoy our own country’s citizenship. The right to citizenship is the right to … Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, Discussion, Human Rights, Immigration, India, Islamophobia, Legislation, Pakistan, Politics, Refugees
Remembering a forgotten hero amid Lebanon’s road to revolution
Fuad Chehab’s presidency set a precedent for his successors On 17 October 2019, more than a million people took to the streets of Lebanon to express their discontent and dissatisfaction over their government’s mismanagement of the economy and its proposal … Continue reading
Filed under Discussion, Lebanon, Politics, The Arab Spring, The Middle East
The Israel-Lebanon Conflict Reignited
The United Nations has cautioned against the escalation of this conflict by calling for both sides to exercise maximum restraint. As Israel launched a number of airstrikes along the Lebanese-Syrian border on Sunday (25 August) morning, President of Lebanon Michel … Continue reading
Filed under Discussion, Drones, Palestine, Politics, The Middle East, United States
The weaponization of water by India
On August 19, 2019, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa issued flood alerts following the alarming increase of water levels in River Sutlej as India released over 150,000 to 200,000 cusecs of water into the … Continue reading
Filed under BJP, Discussion, Human Rights, India, Kashmir, Pakistan Horizon, Politics, Water, World Bank
‘One Country, Two Systems’: All Eyes on Hong Kong
We may look back at Deng Xiaoping’s words and ponder over how these protests will play out and what they herald for the future of the ‘one country, two systems’ policy … ‘One country, two systems’ – this core principle … Continue reading
Filed under China, Criminal law, Discussion, Human Rights, Pakistan Horizon, Politics, UK
Qatar and the Global Energy Market: The Politics of Natural Gas
Pakistan’s position in this dilemma is unique; it enjoys ties with Qatar, as well as with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. On 22 June 2019, Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived in Pakistan on the invitation … Continue reading
Filed under Discussion, Economy, Energy, Pakistan, Pakistan Horizon, Politics, Russia, The Middle East
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