Women’s Labour Beyond the Market
A few weeks ago, I attended a conference in Islamabad regarding the population and development crisis in Pakistan. The conference concluded that empowering women, specifically, making them part of the workforce in...
Europe, the world’s underappreciated superpower
If there is one key takeaway from last weekend’s Munich Security Conference, it is a message of trust and confidence in Europe. The EU is a technology, trade and industry powerhouse.
AI will transform business as well as jobs
Many people fear that artificial intelligence could cause a “job-pocalypse.” This year’s Davos gathering sounded the alarm over the technology’s implications for employment, while recent announcements about job cuts in white-collar industries...
Iran at a crossroads after 47 years of revolution
Having followed and observed the Islamic Revolution in Iran consistently and closely for several decades, I find that the 47th anniversary of Ruhollah Khomeini’s return to Tehran aboard an Air France flight...
Afghan rulers must heed global calls for change
The Taliban begin their fifth year in power in Afghanistan with no sign of major change on the horizon. Schools and colleges remain closed to girls and women, as do workplaces, with...
Africa must achieve health sovereignty before next pandemic
The first reports of an unknown respiratory infection spreading in Wuhan, China, came during the quiet days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve in...
Europe’s wake-up call — and Pakistan
For Pakistan, reliability may be the new currency of cooperation
The Munich Security Conference has long been the place where uncomfortable truths surface. Each February,...
Africa pays a high price for dollar dependence
Governments across Africa are rightfully questioning the wisdom of anchoring their countries’ futures to the US dollar. The instinct grows from patterns that have shaped the continent’s financial stability, trade resilience, and...
South Caucasus should be a strategic priority for the EU
A study commissioned by the EU, which was published last week, focused on what investments and infrastructure projects are needed to better connect Europe to Central Asian markets via the South Caucasus....
A strategic shift in the global race to the moon
The global race to the moon just got a little more interesting. Elon Musk this week announced on X that SpaceX is shifting its focus from Mars to building a “self-growing” city...