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Youth Bulge: a demographic dividend or a demographic bomb?

Introduction Understanding the phenomenon of youth bulge Youth as a source of demographic dividend Education and skills as the decisive factor Employment and entrepreneurship as channels of …

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Reforestation as a Global Urgency

Introduction Forests as the ecological foundation of human civilization Deforestation and the making of a global environmental crisis Climate change and the disappearing carbon sink Reforest…

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Brains, Like Hearts, Go Where They Are Appreciated

Introduction Appreciation as a basic human and intellectual need The inseparable relationship between intellect and emotion How recognition nurtures talent and excellence The role of environ…

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True Peace is Not Merely the Absence of Tension; It is the Presence of Justice

Introduction Peace as more than the absence of conflict Justice as the moral foundation of lasting peace The deceptive calm created by repression Political exclusion and the inevitability of…

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12 min read

To Reign is Worth Ambition Though in Hell

Introduction Milton's Satan and the philosophy behind the statement Ambition as an essential but dangerous human impulse When the desire to achieve becomes the desire to dominate Power witho…

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Dynastic Politics is the Worst Mockery of Democracy

Introduction Democracy as rule by consent, competition and equality Dynastic politics and the conversion of public office into inheritance Why hereditary leadership contradicts democratic me…

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Pathways to Pakistan’s Prosperity

Introduction Prosperity as more than economic growth Pakistan’s potential and the paradox of underperformance Governance and institutional reform as the first pathway Political stability and…

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Phase Out of Fossil Fuels and Arab Economies

Introduction Fossil fuels and the making of modern Arab economies The global transition away from carbon intensive growth Why the energy transition poses an existential economic challenge Th…

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BRICS and Pakistan: Prospects of Recovery

Introduction BRICS and the emergence of a multipolar economic order Expansion of BRICS and its growing significance for the Global South Pakistan’s recurring economic vulnerabilities Why BRI…

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Artificial Intelligence: The Death of Creativity

Introduction Creativity as a distinctly human faculty The rise of artificial intelligence in the creative world AI as an enabler rather than an enemy of creativity Democratization of creativ…

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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it

Introduction The true meaning of patriotism The vital distinction between the country and the government Why unconditional loyalty to rulers is dangerous Patriotism as conscience rather than…

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Hamas-Israel Conflict: A Test Case for World Conscience

Introduction Historical roots of the Palestinian question Hamas, Israel and decades of unresolved conflict October 7 and the transformation of the conflict Humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza I…

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