Will democracy still be thriving in 2023?

2022 was the year democracy bounced back. But will the worst political system apart from all the others keep up its lead in the year ahead? Will democracy still be thriving in 2023? In the US last year, midterm election voters repudiated Donald Trump’s election-denying extremist candidates; now the former President’s reelection campaign which is based […]

Time for a shift: Reflection on Pakistan’s foreign policy and the necessity for reform

With the United States’ strength eroding, other actors, particularly China and Russia, are attempting to supplant the United States long-established un-polarity. The international order is shifting from unipolarity to multipolarity, and so Pakistan must adapt to the global arena. Though Pakistan has been a US ally for many decades, from fighting a war against the […]

Shariati’s ‘return to self’ rejection of sectarianism, ethnocentrism

“The son of famous Revolutionary sociologist Ali Shariati, an Islamic thinker, and author believes a ‘return to the self’ would not mean ethnocentrism for Shariati, but rethinking native traditions.” The role of Dr. Ali Shariati, in employing new human sciences (especially history and sociology), for a scientific and realistic understanding of the national and religious […]