Opinion

Wednesday 16/March/2016 16:02 PM

Pakistan’s nuclear security resolve

National Command Authority (NCA) — the apex national body overseeing Pakistan’s strategic programme under stewardship of political, military and...

Wednesday 16/March/2016 15:39 PM

The do's and don'ts of trusting science

It’s been a tough year for science. The American Statistical Association just issued a statement scolding scientists for misusing statistical analysis....

Tuesday 15/March/2016 23:19 PM

Keeping Germany's Trumpists at bay

The outcome of Sunday's elections in three German states wasn't good for Chancellor Angela Merkel, but it also provided an example of how a...

Tuesday 15/March/2016 17:54 PM

Trump keeps the election on his turf

Is Donald Trump benefiting, at least in the short term, from the focus on protests and violence at his rallies? If so, his ability to deflect attention from...

Tuesday 15/March/2016 17:26 PM

Don't trust Putin's Syria pullback

President Vladimir Putin's unexpected announcement that Russian troops would pull back from Syria shouldn't be taken at face value: He's made...

Tuesday 15/March/2016 16:49 PM

Ensuring Africa’s continued rise

Africa’s rise is in danger of faltering. After years during which the continent’s economy grew at an average annual rate of 5 per cent, global...

Monday 14/March/2016 15:12 PM

Balochistan matters

Teaching at a top university in Pakistan in 2011, I had an opportunity to run an experiment. In all the courses I taught, I asked the students a simple...