As we struggle through the COVID-19 pandemic, we can still learn lessons from a scourge that plagued our ancestors more than a century ago.
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‘Play dirty’: Chinese official threatens US medical supplies over Huawei fight
China may restrict American access to medical supplies in retaliation for intensifying U.S. regulations on Huawei, according to a prominent economist and Chinese Communist Party […]
The Politics of Science and Racism
The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Riah Milton, and many other Black people have once again created an awareness of the systemic racism that […]
Help Young People Transition Into Adulthood
With so much rapid-fire change in the world, the job of preparing our young people for the future has become increasingly daunting. The Institute of […]
Treaty that partitioned the Ottoman Empire
Monday, August 10 marks the centenary of the Treaty of Sevres. This is the story of why the infamous treaty still resonates a hundred years […]
Lahore court orders lawful action in song shooting case
LAHORE: A sessions court on Thursday directed the Akbari Gate police station house officer to proceed in accordance with law on an application seeking registration […]
How to Unlock Your Hidden Creative Genius
This page pulls together my most essential information about creativity. I’ll share how creativity works, how to find your hidden creative genius, and how to […]
THE ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
U.S. foreign policy shapes events in every corner of the globe. Nowhere is this truer than in the Middle East, a region of recurring instability and enormous strategic importance. Most recently, the Bush Administration’s attempt to transform the region into a community of democracies has helped produce a resilient insurency in Iraq, a sharp rise in world oil prices, and terrorist bombings in Madrid, London, and Amman. With so much at stake for so many, all countries need to understand the forces that drive U.S. Middle East policy .The U.S. national interest should be the primary object of American foreign policy. For the past several decades, however, and especially since the Six Day War in 1967, the centerpiece of U.S. Middle East policy has been its relationship with Israel. The combination of unwavering U.S. support for Israel and the related effort to spread democracy throughout the region has inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion and eopardized U.S. security. This situation has no equal in American political history. Why has the United States been willing to set aside its own security in order to advance the interests of another state? One might assume that the bond between the two countries is based on shared strategic interests or compelling moral imperativs. As we show below, however, neither of those explanations can account for the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the United States povides to Israel.Instead, the overall thrust of U.S. policy in the region […]
Modi’s trap
THE recent skirmish between India and China has been reported with different underlying assumptions and implications in the press across the globe. While mainstream opinion […]
Jinnah’s Pakistan needed
THE pandemic is an opportunity to identify fault lines and alternatives in order to forge a cohesive contract between state and citizens. Pakistan today needs […]