Syed Wajahat Ali

The Author is a columnist and member of UNFCCC and ICAN. He taught Public Policy in the National Defence University of Pakistan.
Syed Wajahat Ali

Echoes of Empire: South Asia’s Unique Pluralism and Conflict

Gabriel Garcia Marquez said in the context of Latin American solitude and the irony of Spanish colonialism, “The interpretation of our reality through patterns not…

Syed Wajahat Ali

Delusions of Modern Warfare: Afghanistan, A Case Study

Modern warfare tends to depart from the post-Napoleonic, Clausewitzian theory that war is a rational expression of national interest. Paradoxically, technology, despite adding sophistication and…

Syed Wajahat Ali

NATO in 21st Century: War, Wine, and the Ocean

SAMUEL P Huntington predicted in 2004 that because the US corporate elite had become global cosmopolitan citizens instead of American nationalists, their indifference would lead…

Syed Wajahat Ali

Homocentric Climate Action: Siberian Cranes & My Coffee

AFTER engrossing negotiations between 195 parties grappling with the basic question of how to fund climate action on the last day of COP 29, I…

Transatlantic Liberalism and American Response–A Great Disconnect

Donald Trump’s resounding return to the White House, Congress, and Senate has triggered a seismic shift in American bureaucratic architecture, possibly the third most after…

Beyond the Plot: Philosophy of Stories and Geopolitics

The Story of Stories: To seek justification for their frantic temporality in impossibleness of this universe, humans have, since the cognitive revolution, identified themselves and…

The Eurasian Vision: SCO’s Strategic Imperative

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) represents a huge, contiguous landmass stretching from the Volga River to the Indo-Gangetic Plain, enveloping 80 percent of Eurasia and home…

Homo sapien’s Contempt, Climate and Nuclear Bombs

HOMO sapiens forget that contempt or compassion, like dropping a nuclear bomb or seeding a plant, the Earth never forgets in any case. The exactitude…

The European Union at the Crossroads

MILLIONS of Europeans across 27 countries voted to elect the 720 Members of the European Parliament from 6th to 9th of June. The EU parliament…

Defending the International Criminal Court

America should punish the ICC and put Karim Khan back in his place. If the ICC is allowed to threaten Israel’s leaders, we know that…

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