Articles by Mahir Ali
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The late Gaddafi’s eccentricities and brutalities are universally acknowledged. But how did the once idealistic reformer evolve into an iron-fisted megalomaniac?
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Statehood for Palestine would have transformed the occupied territories into an occupied state that could have sought international assistance to liberate itself.
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If Britain does not pay heed to the lessons of its periodic paroxysms of violence, the unrest that is deeply embedded in its political economy will reignite at some point.
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More newspapers will likely be released from the mogul’s grip, while his television stations remain. Whatever goes, though, will be greeted with the slogan: “Good riddance!”
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What makes men in positions of power resort to sexual indiscretions repeatedly, risking their careers and their reputations?
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The ongoing transformation in the Arab world is being viewed with trepidation by the US and Israel as democratic governments could prove to be tougher opponents than their unrepresentative rulers.
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It would perhaps be best to view Fukushima as a warning that must be heeded, rather than as a barrier that must not be crossed.
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As a detailed picture of how the world is run emerges from the WikiLeaks cache, the main players in the embarrassing revelations cry “foul” and go after the whistleblower Julian Assange.
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Given his support of Indian aspirations vis-à-vis a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and his silence over Kashmir, Obama’s trip to India certainly qualifies as something of a success for the host country – and an irritant for its neighbour Pakistan.
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The likelihood or otherwise of a revolution in Pakistan cannot be contextualised by the whys and wherefores of revolutions past.
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here’s to four years of KU fun:)