Why is Musharraf isolated?
Looking at the history of many of the figures that occupy cabinet and other high positions in the government, anyone serious about political business...
Growing Sino-India ties
India and China need access to each other's huge markets, though in a competitive global trade and investment environment. India is a bit apprehensive...
Under foreign influence
Standing up to extremism, and countering terrorism, is a part of liberal values. However, this is simply a political position and does not represent...
Clash doesn’t explain it all
While 'clash of civilisations' may provide a unifying theme in shaping Western responses to political Islam, it lacks the explanatory power to address the...
Securing judicial independence
Judges must be independent of street pressure as well as demands from other quarters to be able to make impartial decisions. In securing independence...
No hit-and-run in Iran
Engaged in two wars near Iran, the United States cannot really afford to trigger a third one. It can hit the Iranian installations and...
Recapturing the moral ground of politics
We have slowly fallen back into the conventional trap of immoral politics. General Musharraf's political actions, from rigging the presidential election to sending the...
Between despair and hope
What would define chaos better than a swift reconstitution of the judiciary, imposition of Emergency rule and holding the Constitution in abeyance? This institutional...
Can Punjab show the way?
Punjab's politics today resemble the old politics. These are: patron-client relationships, expedient political alliances, exploitation of biraderi networks and use of governmental institutions to...
NATO needs new strategy in Afghanistan
Afghanistan has also become divided along ethnic lines, and may face the same fate as Iraq if the US and NATO forces fail in...
