The writer is Professor in the faculty of Liberal Arts at the Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
Professor Zahid Munir Amir recounts his experience of living in Tehran during a war
I n contemporary political discourse, terrorism is frequently portrayed as a phenomenon primarily associated with Muslim organisations, such...
“ The greatest crisis confronting humanity today is not merely political or economic; it is existential. We have become increasingly...
T here are scholars who interpret the world and scholars who merely accommodate its prejudices. Then there are those rare intellectuals whose...
T his anxiety became even more pronounced in the Eighteenth Century with Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose critique of commercial society stands...
T he reported $2 billion profit earned by Donald Trump raises several important questions about the relationship between wealth and political...
T he movement’s reputation was further enhanced during the 2006 Lebanon War. Following Hezbollah’s capture of two Israeli soldiers near...
H ezbollah remains one of the most influential and contested political movements in the contemporary Middle East. Its emergence cannot be...
S audi Arabia interpreted the Houthi takeover as a direct strategic threat. Riyadh feared the emergence of an Iranian-aligned force on its...
T he Houthi movement, formally known as An r All h , emerged from the rugged highlands of northern...
D igital humanities is a modern field of study that brings together the traditional humanities and the world of digital technology. The...
I n May 2026, an offhand judicial remark triggered one of the most unusual political phenomena in contemporary India. What began as outrage...
T he term Illuminati today evokes images of hidden power, global manipulation and secret control, yet these associations are largely the...
F or much of the past decade and a half, Viktor Orbán stood as one of Europe’s most dominant and polarising leaders, constructing not just...
T he state of Israel is often portrayed in simplified terms as a binary conflict between Jews and Arabs. Such a framing obscures the deeply...
A t recent forums, including the Antalya Diplomacy Forum , US Ambassador and Syria Envoy Tom Barrack argued that Western attempts to impose...
T he moment Donald Trump invoked the annihilation of a “civilisation” in reference to Iran did more than signal geopolitical...
E mpires are often imagined as vast swathes of land shaded on a map, but their true significance reaches far beyond geography. As the...
W ar with Iran may mark a turning point—not in the balance of power alone, but also in the slow disintegration of the West as a coherent...
T he transition between 2024 and 2026 from shadow warfare to open confrontation between Iran on one hand and Israel and the United States on...
