From hyper-globalisation to deglobalisation on January 3, 2023The globe is moving away from hyper-globalization after pursuing it vehemently for the previous 30 years or more, as states see its proponents embrace protectionism more and more. Each country’s trade, technology, industry, and competition policies are becoming weapons. Neoliberalism has been supplanted by nationalism, and it now influences trade policies all across the world. […]
Democracy Under Threat in Pakistan on April 26, 2022“D emocracies may die at the hands not of generals but of elected leaders-presidents or prime ministers who subvert the very process that brought them to power,” wrote Steven Levitsky in his book “How Democracies Die.” At the first glance, the statement seems to be untenable, let alone inexplicable, as to why people who are […]
“Damn the Consequences” and Water Scarcity on April 7, 2022“Damn the consequences” is one of the most spoken phrases and the most cherished and practised “tenet” of the people of this country. Over time, nations develop some habits that become a regular feature of their lives, and they continue to hold on to those come what may. The lives of Pakistanis are characterised by […]