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Opinion | Why America Is Like A Teenager Who Refuses To Grow Up
American foreign policy in West Asia is a textbook example of adolescent overreach: short attention spans, cyclical memory, a belief in shortcuts to regime change, and an almost allergic reaction to complexity.
- Thursday June 26, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | How Did The Muslim World Go So Wrong?
From the shattered boulevards of Tripoli to the bombed-out alleys of Aleppo, from Baghdad's sectarian heartlands to Gaza's crumbled skyline, a common image emerges - of nations torn apart, societies hollowed and futures stolen.
- Friday June 20, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Netanyahu - And Trump - Are A Bit Deluded About Iran. Here's Why
Netanyahu may believe he is protecting Israel. Trump may believe he is projecting American strength. But unless they also believe in the dignity of people to shape their own future, they risk repeating history's worst mistakes.
- Thursday June 19, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Is Airbus Safer Than Boeing? No, And That's Not The Point
Most passengers don't choose a plane, they choose an airline. But in a duopoly, the illusion of safety in one brand over another is often just that - an illusion.
- Monday June 16, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Is America Still Worth It?
In the years to come, the world may see fewer Sundar Pichais, Indra Nooyis, Raghuram Rajans and Arvind Krishnas emerging from Americas famed campuses.
- Wednesday June 11, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | IMAX-Like Churches, TikTok Gurus, Putin: Inside America's Murky 'Faith' Bazaars
Behind America's dazzling surface lies another nation - one that fasts and prays for national repentance, that warns of apocalypse, that casts out demons on TikTok and tries to raise the dead in church basements.
- Friday May 30, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | No, Sirs. South Africa Is Not 'Killing' Its Whites
The "white genocide" myth serves no one. It stokes fear among white South Africans, trivialises the pain of Black South Africans, and hands a loaded weapon to racists in America and Europe.
- Monday May 26, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Blog | Gaza: What To Think About When You're Too Tired To Think About War
Amid the fire and fury, a quieter story is also unfolding, however invisible it may be: Israelis and Palestinians, Jewish and Arab citizens within Israel, and a few cases in the occupied West Bank, working to build a shared and peaceful society.
- Thursday May 22, 2025
- Blog
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Blog | Whatever Happened To 'Working From Home'? Why Your Boss Wants You Back In Office
In India, where the tech sector gamely followed Silicon Valley into 'WFH', there is now growing pressure to follow it right back into the office - just like its Silicon Valley big brother.
- Tuesday May 20, 2025
- Blog
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Blog | A Blindfolding In J&K, To Headley: What Reporting Days Taught Me About Pakistan
My photographer colleague, Neeraj Paul, and I were tracking a lead to a rundown part of downtown Srinagar. We were blindfolded, bundled into a van, and taken to meet an Afghan group's leader.
- Thursday May 15, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Trump The Showman Is Not Enough For West Asia Anymore
President Donald Trump swayed stiffly but gamely side to side, a ceremonial sword in hand, surrounded by robed Saudi men dancing, chanting and clashing blades.
- Monday May 12, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Trump Just Hosted The Ultimate Reality TV
Over two hours, one Q&A session, several rounds of forced applause, the show stood out for one thing - the DOGE chief, Elon Musk, taking off two hats and declaring, "Even my hat has a hat!"
- Thursday May 1, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Is The Vatican Ready For A Black Pope?
Many Catholics in Africa are asking whether the next Pope will be from their continent. This, increasingly, seems likely. Names like Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana or Cardinal Wilfrid Napier of South Africa have featured in papal speculation for yea
- Monday April 28, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion | Pahalgam Attack, Pakistan, And The Cost Of 'Ideology'
Twenty-six tourists gunned down in Pahalgam; one Ahmadi man lynched in Karachi. Two different types of tragedies, hundreds of miles apart, but stitched together by the same playbook of hate.
- Thursday April 24, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed
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Opinion: Aura Of US Treasury Bonds Is Slipping Away
The erosion of trust in US treasury bonds could have seismic consequences.
- Monday April 14, 2025
- Opinion
- Syed Zubair Ahmed