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Shifting Gears

December 28, 2018 | Filed under: Economics & Finance, Research & Opinions

Spearhead Analysis – 28.12.2018 Recently a media report stated that Prime Minister Imran Khan had identified ‘state failure’ as the reason for the present state of affairs in Pakistan. If indeed he said this, then truer words were never spoken. What we are being told through JIT reports and investigative journalism …

Our Cities in the Decade of Democracy

March 16, 2018 | Filed under: Politics

By Asif Mehmood The biggest losers As we move on to the end of the second democratic term in the country and prepare ourselves to decide which party to lend our support to in the upcoming elections, we should take a round of the cities we live in. This is a …

Best left unlived

February 8, 2018 | Filed under: Security

By F.S. Aijazuddin SOME days are best left unlived. These first days of 2018 are amongst them. Our past merits no mourners. Our present is a transient to be endured. Our future mirrors the moon in our national flag, in a permanent semi-eclipse. Our 71-year-old statehood — if measured in …

Crisis, what crisis?

October 20, 2017 | Filed under: Security

By Dr Pervez Tahir Like all transitions in the past, the country is abuzz with rumours about the imminent death of the economy if a holding action is not taken by placing some unelectable experts in the corridors of power by you know who. While the crisis stories have been blown …

The Wrong Side of History

September 19, 2017 | Filed under: Defense Policy, Diplomacy & Intelligence, Research & Opinions

Spearhead Analysis – 19.09.2017 By Xenia Rasul Khan Mahsud Research Analyst, Spearhead Research In his book ‘The Dark Side of Democracy’, Michael Mann presents a very interesting thesis; that murderous cleansing is in fact a modern phenomenon, one that can be attributed to democracy as a system. It is here that he clarifies …

A Social Commentary

July 31, 2017 | Filed under: Economics & Finance, Law & Politics, Research & Opinions

Spearhead Analysis – 31.07.2017 By Xenia Rasul Khan Mahsud Research Analyst, Spearhead Research More often than not I find myself in the most crowded of places with the most deafening silence regarding issues that plague those who’ve lost their voices in the noise and clamor of agendas pushed forward by the few – …

Turkey and the EU: Perpetual Crisis or Restricted Cooperation?

June 21, 2017 | Filed under: Security

By Senem Aydın-Düzgit Turkey–EU relations have been suffering from an interminable stagnation long before the Turkish Constitutional referendum on April 16.  Accession negotiations that were started in 2005 have proceeded at a snail’s pace, with 15 (out of 35) chapters opened by June 2017 and only one chapter provisionally closed. …

The Empty Senate

April 19, 2017 | Filed under: Economics & Finance, Law & Politics, Research & Opinions

Spearhead Analysis – 19.04.2017 By ShahBano Khan Research Analyst, Spearhead Research Parliaments across the world are not only the highest legislative authority, but are the backbone of any democratic order. Elected politicians represent the will of the people, enact precedent setting laws, debate the affairs of the state, and contribute to political, social, …

ELECTORAL REFORMS

January 31, 2017 | Filed under: Law & Politics, Research & Opinions

Spearhead Analysis – 31.01.2017 By ShahBano Khan Research Analyst, Spearhead Research Pakistan’s last election season in 2013 and also a trigger to its first democratic transition of power, are perhaps two important cornerstones in the country’s contemporary political history. Voter turnout was calculated at 55%, a fresh and staggering figure in light of …

Policy Forecast : Defining the Goalposts in 2017

January 24, 2017 | Filed under: Security

As Pakistan sets out to navigate 2017, Jinnah Institute asks thought leaders and policymakers to zero in on the most urgent policy interventions they would like to see the government undertake in key areas of National Security and Counter-terrorism, Democracy and Governance, Economy, Power and Energy, Climate Change, and Education. National Security/Counter-Terrorism Moeed …

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