The CPEC: Asia for Asians on May 3, 2015Last month, I was fortunate enough to attend a civil society pre-event to the Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015 in The Hague, which included the who’s who of the world’s leading activists for a free, open and private internet. One of the sessions was a simulation exercise with a mock UN General Assembly (UNGA) hearing, […]
Breaking pattern on April 13, 2015It seems like the hawks will have to wait for now. Those who were impatiently awaiting Pakistan’s entry into the Yemen fiasco were dealt a blow last Friday when the joint session of parliament concluded with the passage of a resolution effectively denying Saudi Arabia’s request of bombs, barrels and barracks from Pakistan. Under the current […]
Making peace an integral part of development on April 12, 2015The world today is constantly facing a multitude of armed conflicts usually triggered by disparity or lack of political representation and ethnic or religious contentions, among other things. Such extreme conditions of violence ultimately lead to damaging effects on a country’s basic infrastructure and political systems, economic stagnation and security. However, these consequences are not […]