Opinion

Why do proposals for Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (Fata) reforms come with so many warnings and cautions? Arguments against Fata...

Oman’s financial environment has for many years been dictated by five big financial institutions but they are currently facing a systemic risk of having...

President Barack Obama can make the fight over filling a Supreme Court vacancy a political winner for Democrats. The debate about what to do with the slot...

Some years ago, I added “To Kill a Mockingbird” to the syllabus of my course on Ethics in Literature. I teach in a law school, and the students in the...

The global oil-price bust has devastated economies across the Middle East and North Africa. Having seen severe price declines in the past, many leaders in...

If an entire country had a current relationship status — like the one on Facebook — it would likely be: In love with PSL. The colourful scheme of things...

The past is neither your friend nor an enemy. I heard the phrase when I was a child. I never understood its meaning until years later. Somehow, it found a...

The late US Justice Antonin Scalia argued last year that there was something wrong with having a Supreme Court composed entirely of people who had studied...

Ukraine is proving itself a nation prone to popular revolt and immune to revolution. For evidence, see Tuesday's political drama, when a government and...