Something's Gotta Give!
Everything in Hani Amir’s life is within 100 footsteps. Hundred steps to the gate. Hundred to the house. Hundred to the garden, 100 steps to the daughter’s drop-off point, 100 steps to his yard......
The Great White Hope?
It takes a lot to prove Nate Silver wrong. Nate Silver, the man who did not make one wrong prediction in almost a decade and a half of his electoral forecasting. Yet, when the results for the ......
Die Another Day
The European Union is an incestuous institution. It has always been one. And present and past leadership have made sure that it would remain so in the years to come.....
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Current events in Venezuela and the political opposition’s call for global protests against President Maduro conjure memories of the 2002.....
The Dreadful Spring
It is said that of all things dreadful, the dispensation in Kabul fears the spring season the most. To the untrained eyes ......
Assad Springs A Surprise
The summer of 2015 was unbearably hot in Syria. Politically and otherwise. As scorching heat burned the Syrian ......
That Sweet Taste Of Victory
In most of the nations with the Presidential form of government in place, parliamentary elections are .........
The Socialist David versus the Establishment Goliath
There is something about the election system of the United States that .....
No Child's Play This
In 1994, Crimea declared independence, the Ukraine denied it, but the vote went ahead anyway, with about an 80 percent agreement for independence.....
The Electoral Matrix
In a week’s time, Turkey will see its one of the most important local elections ever taking place. It is not to say that the previous elections have not been important. They have been. Considering these elections bring in all powerful Mayors.....
The Nasty Public Divorce
It is surprising how things change dramatically in world politics. Sitting inside the offices of the members of Hizmet movement in Turkey, two and a half years ago, it was difficult ....
Al-Qaeda Brings War to Lebanon
Lebanon is passing through a very delicate phase as we speak and things are expected to deteriorate in days and weeks to come. However, the situation is still not as critical ....
Has the final show begun?
Had it not been for his advertent stupidity, one would have expressed some sympathy for Imran Khan. After all, the sorry figure that he cuts these days is rather unprecedented ....
The Kafkaesque Karachi
Noted architect, author and town planner Arif Hassan says Karachi’s economy is "War economy†and the informal sector in this city has been "Formalized.†He made the observation while talking to TSI at the sidelines of....
What's Cooking, EH?
Whatever one’s judgment of sartorially immaculate crypto-American puppet Afghan President Hamid Karzai, he’s not a ......
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
