Stories from Shahid Javed Burki
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West and the Muslim world
Religion is one, but not the only reason, why the Muslim world is so unsettled at this time
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If Afghanistan collapses…
Three of its immediate neighbours will be seriously affected
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Trade wrongly blamed
The world is likely to pay a heavy price for the United States’ 2016 presidential elections
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State’s role in managing the economy
Thatcherism and Reaganism brought about ‘globalisation’
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Investing in a new Silk Road
Chinese approach to the use of land to transport not only goods and commodities but also ideas and people is not new
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Backwardness of the Muslim world
Many in the Muslim world, alienated with their environment, are choosing the “exit” option
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Dealing with the Afghan imbroglio
If the Taliban forces gain more territory, as they are expected to do, the pressure on Pakistan will increase
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Afghanistan’s six wars
In less than a century and a half Afghanistan has fought six wars. Each one of them changed the country
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The world after Brexit
Brexit has raised the spectre of what one American political scientist called the ‘clash of civilisations’
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South Asia and the new Cold War
The new Cold War has arrived on the shores of South Asia









