Tag: democracy
Shifting Gears
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...
Our Cities in the Decade of Democracy
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...
Best left unlived
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...
Crisis, what crisis?
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...
The Wrong Side of History
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...
A Social Commentary
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...
Turkey and the EU: Perpetual Crisis or Restricted Cooperation?
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...
The Empty Senate
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....
ELECTORAL REFORMS
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...
Policy Forecast : Defining the Goalposts in 2017
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...