Opinion

When the Torturer is the ‘Saviour’: Can BRICS, Global South Help Us Escape the West’s Hegemony, Contradictions? 

Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo AT the zenith of the mass protests in Egypt on January 25, 2011, Twitter, Facebook and other Western-based social media...

‘Bread and Circuses’: Musk, Zuckerberg and the Art of Distraction

RAMZY BAROUD ‘Panem et circenses’, said the Romans - ‘Bread and circuses’. This maxim served the Romans well. In times of crisis and whenever they needed...

Pakistan at a Tipping Point

The conflation of political, economic and legal crises can push the country to a tipping point Maleeha Lodhi PRESSURE is mounting on the caretaker government and...

A ‘Terrorist Onslaught’? This is Why Netanyahu, Gallant Blame Iran for West Bank Violence

Ramzy Baroud DESPITE their complicated and often uneasy relationship, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Yoav Gallant agree on one thing: Iran...

Afghan Women Continue to be at Receiving End Under Taliban 2.0

Mahir Ali THE latest chapter in the Taliban’s crusade against women was unveiled this week, when at least 60 potential scholars expecting to be accommodated...

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