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In a Faisalabad courtroom in the spring of 2026, judges looked at a Christian girl whose birth record said she was thirteen and decided she did not look it. Maria Shahbaz had
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Double the Tariff, Double the Shock: The Inflationary Danger of Coercive Trade
Last week, I published a comprehensive report titled Weaponizing Commerce: The Mirage of a Coercive Trade Policy, which investigated the historical precedents and structural failures of using tariffs as instruments of geopolitical
Pakistan’s Afghan Refugee Crisis: Reckoning with the Ghosts of Duplicity
By its own account, Pakistan has claimed to be the indispensable voice of Muslim solidarity, tirelessly championing causes from Palestine to anything under the sun, with fervent declarations and impassioned diplomacy. Yet
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Abstract Singapore’s 2025 General Election, set for May 3, marks a pivotal test for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, following his recent leadership succession. Voters, grappling with rising living costs, housing affordability, and
India’s iPhone Moment: How Tariffs Are Redefining Global Manufacturing
On April 9, 2025, the imposition of a striking 104% U.S. tariff on Chinese electronics—including iPhones—set off a seismic shift, reshaping the manufacturing landscape and sparking a global rethink on supply chain
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