The West’s insecurities in Sino-US tech war
Zhang Jingwei
While China’s high-tech industry does not necessarily pose a threat to the United States, Huawei’s fifth-generation (5G) technology and equipment have left the...
US commission needed for Indo-Pacific strategy
Kent Wang
In July 2018, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced $113 million for new economic and energy initiatives to flesh out the administration’s...
Cyber security: a complex behaviour problem?
BIJU DOMINIC
The wars of the 21st century will be to capture, manipulate or destroy others’ data. Digital systems powering organizations and nations around the...
Compliance will kill the bank
I was talking with a banker at a recent conference, and was surprised by his attitude. He’s not worried about Amazon, Google or Alibaba;...
Reforms for progress
TARIQ KHOSA
THE current mood in Pakistan reflects a fractured society. Will our political leadership remain mired in confrontation? Are we reaping the harvest of...
Across Trump’s America, the grassroots are growing radical
DD GUTTENPLAN
Depending on which media you consume, Donald Trump will either leave office in handcuffs – or coast to a second term. Making sense...
May’s Brexit plan was a disaster
Polly Toynbee
Theresa May’s statement to the Commons and her letter to the people are profoundly dishonest. This dutiful vicar’s daughter is not telling the...
NAB’s task
Tasneem Noorani
UNTIL two years ago, NAB was under fire for being an ineffective, compromised organisation. Now, the pendulum has swung the other way: all...
Atatürk & U-turn
Muhammad Ali Siddiqi
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died 80 years ago this month — a month that sees Pakistan caught in a mercifully less acerbic controversy...
Parliament’s first 100 days
Ahmed Bilal Mehboob
Although parliament did not figure prominently in Imran Khan’s ‘first 100 days’ agenda —now, appropriately, the Prime Minister’s 100 Days Agenda —...