WORLD
While Gaza burns, the West Bank is at boiling point
Everyone from Biden to the European Union and Israel’s own Shin Bet security service have warned Netanyahu that, unless the settlers are reined in, their rampages could spark widespread violence in the West Bank, in Israel itself, and spill into the wider region
WORLD
Pakistan does not need another Nawaz Sharif comeback
The country's voters have grown weary of the failings of dynastic politics and are struggling with the prolonged cost-of-living crisis. The revolving door of political leadership where the baton passes with the approval of the Pakistan army and in spite of election outcomes has never served the country well
WORLD
More bloodshed will never resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict
There are at least two million people in Gaza — most of them civilians — but the West only sees Hamas
BUSINESS
The side to take in Myanmar's civilian resistance that's led to a grinding civil war
Waging a surprisingly effective and enduring guerrilla war, the 95,000 civilians thought to have joined Myanmar’s grassroots insurgency since the 2021 coup are offering stiff resistance to an experienced army that has shown no limits to its brutality. Myanmar’s citizens need more from the West, and from allies in Asia, including financial, diplomatic, strategic and political assistance
BUSINESS
Big Pharma: India's drug industry needs a major overhaul
The red flags have been there for years. For a nation that seeks to claim the mantle of “pharmacy to the world,” India is scandalously short on regulatory oversight
WORLD
Is the Great Sri Lanka Fire Sale about to begin?
Getting a bailout won’t be easy for the financially embattled government, while privatising key state assets risks more turmoil
WORLD
Sri Lanka is a small preview of a global default crisis
What happens in Sri Lanka matters way beyond its borders. Global markets see it as a bellwether for a raft of potential defaults across the developing world as countries face a growing, post-pandemic debt burden
WORLD
The street has spoken. Will Sri Lanka’s strongmen listen?
The Rajapaksa family’s leadership over Sri Lanka is collapsing as an economic crisis and street protests worsen. The country cannot go on this way.
WORLD
Imran Khan has outsmarted Pakistan’s opposition. For now
No Pakistani leader has served a full term in office, due to assassinations, martial law, votes of no confidence, and arbitrary dismissals
