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Category: Democracy

On Privacy, Secrecy & Confidentiality

K S Puttaswamy (February 8, 1926 – October 28, 2024), the former Judge of the Karnataka High Court (India), recently passed away at the age of 98. However, the Indian […]

Why Some Nations Thrive While Others Struggle

Kamer Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and James Alan Robinson of University of Chicago shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their […]

The Year 2025: Prospects & Perplexities

One may use the geological term Tectonic Change to describe the year 2024 that saw the Russia-Ukraine War, the destruction of Palestine, an armed conflict between Iran and Israel, the […]

Sri Lanka: Entering A New Era

Sri Lanka has been going through a political change since Anura Kumara Dissanayake became the 10th President of the tiny island nation on September 23, 2024. In November, the Left-wing […]

Syria & The Road Ahead…

It would take some time to understand the exact meaning, cause and effect of what happened in Syria on December 8, 2024. However, it is clear that the way the […]

Liberalism, Marxism & Contemporary Political Thoughts

Liberalism & Marxism: Ideological Foundations and Political PracticesBy Ahmed Hasan Liberalism and Marxism represent two major intellectual paradigms that have shaped contemporary political thoughts. They are not merely philosophical frameworks, […]

Pakistan Being Pushed Deeper Into The Quagmire

Currently, Pakistan is going through an acute economic crisis and also experiencing a Civil War-like situation! Anti-Government protesters have raised slogans of Azadi (Freedom) in major cities, including Islamabad, Lahore, […]