Political Turmoil in Pakistan Raises More Questions Than Answers
The culture of insolence that Imran Khan has unleashed and normalized in Pakistan has taken civility away from Pakistani politics. Unfortunately, he seems to be…
OPINION
Community Op-Ed: The People’s Money—Your Money to Improve Your Community
Participatory budgeting gives you a direct say in the future of your community. You decide how our money is spent. Participatory Budgeting strengthens our democracy…
Europe’s Re-awakening: The Arduous Task of Re-linking Security Concerns
As a bloc, the EU has been unable to convert its geo-economics heft into geopolitical traction. Part of it stems from the way Europe’s post-World…
Community Op-Ed: A Historic Shift in How We Teach Our Children to Read
The inability to read is not our students’ fault nor our teachers’ fault. It doesn’t mean that a teacher isn’t doing her job well or…
Nuclear India@25 and the Adapted Nuclear World Order
After the 1998 nuclear tests, India engaged with the global non-proliferation order. The tests invited sanctions from a few countries, including the United States, and…
Community Op-Ed: Why we are extending amnesty for unpaid water bills till May 31
We don’t want to shut off anyone’s water, so we encourage all New Yorkers with unpaid water bills to check in with the Department of…
Towards an Epistemic Understanding of Radicalism, Extremism and Terrorism
The firm adherence to any belief system or religion by its followers is fraught with the danger of engendering fanaticism, bigotry and xenophobia in that…
Community Op-Ed: NYC Executive Budget — An investment in working people
Almost 60 percent of this budget, $62.5 billion in total, goes to education, healthcare, and social services. It provides money for schools that lost enrollment,…
European Countries’ Engagements in the Indo-Pacific Region
A major EU-wide push towards engaging with the region came in 2019 when the EU labelled China as a ‘systemic rival’. From 2019 onwards, France,…
Community Op-Ed: How PlaNYC is Getting Sustainability Done in New York City
Building a renewable energy future will bring down emissions and mitigate climate damage in the years to come, and it will also drive down pollution…