Mar 2022

POLICING AND PROPOSED LAW REFORMS The Context In the absence of national accounting of crime and justice sector factors, international indicators have to be used. In the realm of the rule of law, the Global Rule of Law Index is being used as a presumptive indicator. The latest Global Rule …

PM KHAN’S CHINA VISIT A new turn of leaf in Sino-Pak relations Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent four-day visit to China has attracted much attention, not only in the country but also in world’s powerful capitals. The visit came at a very important occasion and at a very strategic juncture …

NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY The new national vade mecum Acknowledging that the “country’s security imperatives in the next decade will be driven by the need to realise its economic potential while ensuring national cohesion, territorial integrity, internal security, and citizen welfare,” the NSP places economic security at the core and seeks …

Likelihood of a Presidential System That is the basic concept behind the “Utopian State —” a state where everyone lives in merry harmony, where there is depth in understanding between the ruling and the ruled, any bad blood that infects the clear and tranquil waters of peace is instantly eradicated …

What Ails the Criminal Justice System of Pakistan? The criminal justice system of Pakistan comprises four main agencies: the police, the prosecution, the judiciary and the prisons; the first three agencies play ‘active’ role as enshrined in the law for the dispensation of justice while the fourth one plays a …

What’s Next for Afghanistan Amidst the looming Humanitarian Crisis The hapless Afghans are the victims of structural violence of the international community as they are facing the atrocities of global actors. More than half the country’s population of about 40 million is forced to live a miserable life just due …

Understanding the Biden Doctrine With the disintegration of the USSR and the first Gulf War ushered an era of the New World Order. It’s what redefined the US role in international affairs. The ideological notion of global governance in identifying, understanding and addressing worldwide problems underwent drastic changes along with …

THE CLASH OF CULTURES The political scientist Samuel Huntington’s famous thesis that the post-Cold War world would be defined by a clash of civilisations turned out to be off the mark. While there certainly is cleavage and conflict, the cause is a clash of cultures within civilisations. It is this …

Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians Decades of Israeli lies are finally being exposed Amnesty International joined, on 01 February, the New York-based Human Rights Watch, Jerusalem-based B’Tselem rights group B’Tselem and other leading human rights groups in stating that Israel’s “system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians amounts to the …

America COMPETES Act US Girds for Tech Battle With China On February 04, the House of Representatives of the US Congress passed the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022 which provides $52 billion to encourage more semiconductor production in the …