Pakistan’s exclusion from FATF’s grey list

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday removed Pakistan from its grey list. According to the details, the decision was taken by the FATF’s planetary meeting in Paris, France during 20-21 October 2022. While briefing ...

Inside The Minds Of The Israeli Far Right

As summer's end draws closer, now would be a good time to ask: have you watched Errol Morris’ Academy Award-winning documentary The Fog of War (2003), in which he interviews Robert McNamara, the controversial US secr...

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Bangladesh: Any similarities with Pakistan?

It has almost become a fashion statement these days to draw similarities between what recently transpired in Bangladesh and what could perhaps be waiting to happen in Pakistan. The real question however is whether are there trul...

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Electoral meddling

“The American people,” the US attorney general Merrick Garland declared recently, “are entitled to know when a foreign power engages in political activities or seeks to influence public discourse.” He was pontificating i...

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Silencing Afghanistan’s women

There is no doubt that many have had a role in Afghanistan’s destruction, but the question of who exactly is to blame for the country’s current condition is a thorny and vexing one. This week, the Republican Party came up...

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Bangladesh’s Saint Martin’s Island – a potential flashpoint

Saint Martin's Island, a small landmass in the Bay of Bengal under Bangladeshi sovereignty, is crucial to the country's geopolitical and economic dynamics. The island's closeness to Myanmar's Rakhine State, an area marked by ong...

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