Opinion

Friday 06/May/2016 16:22 PM

The GOP is failing. Democracy can, too

Donald Trump's pending presidential nomination has confirmed what many have argued for years: The Republican Party is not well. The party's...

Thursday 05/May/2016 14:54 PM

When Words Cannot Complete the Story

Two weeks ago, I lost one of my students. She was only 23. I talked to her a couple of weeks before her untimely death while she was in hospital. I had...

Wednesday 04/May/2016 17:17 PM

Can Pakistani women be protected by a bill?

The passage of the Protection of Women Against Violence Bill was hailed as a big achievement by many in Pakistan's secular liberal circles while the...

Wednesday 04/May/2016 16:44 PM

Four tasks for Trump before he's president

Donald Trump sealed his extraordinary march to the Republican presidential nomination with a victory in the Indiana primary. Now he faces what may be an...

Wednesday 04/May/2016 16:25 PM

A role reversal for Myanmar and Thailand

Rarely do next-door neighbours move as rapidly in opposite political directions as Thailand and Myanmar have in recent years. After more than a half-century...

Tuesday 03/May/2016 17:47 PM

Emerging markets should go for the gold

Are emerging-market central banks overweight in dollars and underweight in gold? Given a slowing global economy, in which emerging markets are probably very...

Tuesday 03/May/2016 17:21 PM

American democracy at risk

Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, is a confident man. Having built one of the greatest businesses in history, and having...