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Flexibility, security: why Iceland belongs in the eurozone

Flexibility, security: why Iceland belongs in the eurozone https://arab.news/56u4w Iceland will hold a referendum on Aug. 29 on whether to resume EU...

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Willem H. Buiter And Anne C. Sibert

How Europe can save a trillion euros and win AI race

How Europe can save a trillion euros and win AI race https://arab.news/gxgfy On June 12, the US Department of Commerce informed Anthropic that it had...

yesterday 20

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Eric Hazan

US diplomacy mimicking failed colonial approaches

US diplomacy mimicking failed colonial approaches https://arab.news/yvnhq In general, if one is committed to reaching a deal, there is no logic in...

yesterday 20

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Daoud Kuttab

More provinces will not make Pakistan safer

More provinces will not make Pakistan safer https://arab.news/w2bxd The idea of creating new provinces has resurfaced in Pakistan at a moment when the...

previous day 40

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Sanaullah Abbasi

Zia’s Pakistan is the only one most women have known

Zia’s Pakistan is the only one most women have known https://arab.news/yc8yy Four women in a room, on a chai break during the final assignment of a...

thursday 40

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Muna Khan

Pakistan’s militants are fighting from the air now

Pakistan’s militants are fighting from the air now https://arab.news/vsya4 Pakistan’s militant landscape has shifted in recent months, in both...

19.08.2026 30

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Abdul Basit Khan

World Humanitarian Day: When helping those in need becomes everyone’s responsibility

World Humanitarian Day: When helping those in need becomes everyone’s responsibility https://arab.news/5wyr8 World Humanitarian Day, observed...

19.08.2026 20

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Dya-Eddine Said Bamakhrama

Pakistan keeps converting relevance into rent

Pakistan keeps converting relevance into rent https://arab.news/vxu7x Pakistan has rarely lacked geopolitical importance. It has often lacked much...

17.08.2026 40

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Javed Hassan

How corporations can mitigate an AI jobocalypse

How corporations can mitigate an AI jobocalypse

How corporations can mitigate an AI jobocalypse https://arab.news/npbm5 Artificial intelligence-related job displacement is coming, though no one...

16.08.2026 30

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Raghuram G. Rajan

Let us not forget multilateral institutions

Let us not forget multilateral institutions https://arab.news/c3j5s Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finnish President Alexander Stubb recently...

16.08.2026 20

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Anne-Marie Slaughter

The dwindling shield and the regional security equation

The dwindling shield and the regional security equation

The dwindling shield and the regional security equation https://arab.news/mtawm From late February, Iran launched a sustained ballistic missile and...

16.08.2026 30

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Zaid M. Belbagi

Netanyahu peace plan veto prolongs Gaza’s misery

Netanyahu peace plan veto prolongs Gaza’s misery https://arab.news/vc9ta Those who were surprised by Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to reject...

16.08.2026 30

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Yossi Mekelberg

Pakistan at 79: The ones who can, still leave

Pakistan at 79: The ones who can, still leave  https://arab.news/64qkz In mid-August 1947, British rule ended in India and the land was divided along...

14.08.2026 30

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Sara Iram Gill

The Gulf stops waiting for Washington

The Gulf stops waiting for Washington  https://arab.news/r5g9k The mutual defense pact signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sent several...

12.08.2026 30

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Owais Tohid

Pakistan’s balancing act in the Gulf is getting harder

Pakistan’s balancing act in the Gulf is getting harder  https://arab.news/j43k7 Pakistan has emerged as a critical regional stakeholder since the...

11.08.2026 70

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Umar Karim

A new paradigm for global health financing

A new paradigm for global health financing https://arab.news/g4zgc Global health financing has long reflected good intentions but flawed incentives,...

09.08.2026 30

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Donald P. Kaberuka

The Gulf became the bridge Pakistan was meant to be

The Gulf became the bridge Pakistan was meant to be https://arab.news/vnrsa The global logistics map is being redrawn in real time. The Red Sea, once...

07.08.2026 100

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Hina Ayra

Gulf security is going local. Pakistan is already inside it.

Gulf security is going local. Pakistan is already inside it. https://arab.news/wwdmk Two developments last week indicate that the security situation...

05.08.2026 80

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Javed Hafeez

Pakistan keeps redrawing the blueprint. It never finishes the building.

Pakistan keeps redrawing the blueprint. It never finishes the building. https://arab.news/5up7n One Unit would end provincial rivalries. Basic...

04.08.2026 50

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Muna Khan

Could China succeed where the US and Israel have failed?

Could China succeed where the US and Israel have failed? https://arab.news/zpnwe The latest military confrontation between Iran and the United States...

30.07.2026 150

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Asif Durrani

Rethinking the fight against trafficking in persons

Rethinking the fight against trafficking in persons https://arab.news/2eze8 Trafficking in persons is one of the most persistent crimes in the world....

30.07.2026 30

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Sattam Bin Amer Al-Harbi

The ceasefire collapsed. So did Pakistan’s economic window

The ceasefire collapsed. So did Pakistan’s economic window  https://arab.news/jxq4w When I wrote for these pages in June, I argued that...

29.07.2026 40

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Dr. Vaqar Ahmed

China’s Urumqi process can’t fix Pakistan-Afghanistan militancy alone

China’s Urumqi process can’t fix Pakistan-Afghanistan militancy alone  https://arab.news/myyqw Recently, Islamabad has held the global limelight,...

27.07.2026 50

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Naila Mahsud

Why social media age bans are not the answer

Why social media age bans are not the answer https://arab.news/rfqb7 When I joined Facebook in 2009, I believed in the mission that founder Mark...

24.07.2026 50

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Kelly Stonelake

Pakistan has joined China’s AI body. Now comes the hard part

Pakistan has joined China’s AI body. Now comes the hard part https://arab.news/b5agg Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar spent last week in a Shanghai...

23.07.2026 50

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Javed Hassan

The Gulf’s AI economy won’t wait for Pakistan

The Gulf’s AI economy won’t wait for Pakistan  https://arab.news/gb9fk Earlier this year Pakistan crossed a milestone it had chased for a decade:...

22.07.2026 70

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Mehreen Durrani

The Strait of Hormuz and the price of selective principles

The Strait of Hormuz and the price of selective principles https://arab.news/4dz27 Is it realpolitik or hegemony’s classic face? When President...

17.07.2026 60

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Asif Durrani

Governments should govern AI, not own it

Governments should govern AI, not own it https://arab.news/5avt4 It is now abundantly clear that governments must take responsibility for shaping the...

17.07.2026 80

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Gabriela Ramos And Emilija Stojmenova Duh

Saudi Arabia well positioned to ride medical tourism wave

Saudi Arabia well positioned to ride medical tourism wave https://arab.news/83jmm While the broader tourism industry generally receives extensive...

17.07.2026 30

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Dr. Majid Rafizadeh

Macron gives Syria’s reconstruction a vital boost

Macron gives Syria’s reconstruction a vital boost https://arab.news/zvkba French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus last week was the...

17.07.2026 30

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Zaid M. Belbagi

Space is the new strategic high ground

Space is the new strategic high ground https://arab.news/p7kdz If there was any doubt left, we now know with certainty that if or when a major direct...

17.07.2026 60

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Khaled Abou Zahr

I served in Balochistan. It’s time to admit what isn’t working

I served in Balochistan. It’s time to admit what isn’t working https://arab.news/wd74p When I joined the Police Service of Pakistan in 1988, my...

16.07.2026 100

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Dr Syed Kaleem Imam

Why an old Obama clip still stings in South Asia

Why an old Obama clip still stings in South Asia https://arab.news/bupu9 A three-year-old interview rarely finds a second life. Yet over the past few...

15.07.2026 40

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Muna Khan

Europe must face the world on its own

Europe must face the world on its own https://arab.news/bfjtv As the US withdraws from Europe under President Donald Trump’s second administration,...

11.07.2026 40

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Joschka Fischer

NATO must strengthen its ties with the Gulf

NATO must strengthen its ties with the Gulf https://arab.news/g45nb NATO leaders gathered in Ankara, Turkiye, on Tuesday and Wednesday for a major...

11.07.2026 100

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Luke Coffey

Ankara NATO summit reveals push for stronger Gulf ties

Ankara NATO summit reveals push for stronger Gulf ties https://arab.news/r55yc On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8, NATO foreign...

11.07.2026 40

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Dr. Sinem Cengiz

Democrat hopeful delivers a warning to Israeli extremists

Democrat hopeful delivers a warning to Israeli extremists https://arab.news/cv22j Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff and mayor of...

11.07.2026 30

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Daoud Kuttab

Indus Water Treaty matters: Signpost to catastrophe

Indus Water Treaty matters: Signpost to catastrophe https://arab.news/m74ej The Indus Waters Treaty between Pakistan and India, applauded by the world...

09.07.2026 80

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Nasim Zehra

Rivers beyond rivalries: Rethinking the Indus Waters Treaty

Rivers beyond rivalries: Rethinking the Indus Waters Treaty https://arab.news/8tgat Once celebrated as a shared lifeline between India and Pakistan,...

07.07.2026 60

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Zofeen T. Ebrahim

Why Jamaat-ul-Ahrar struck Karachi

Why Jamaat-ul-Ahrar struck Karachi https://arab.news/pe9c6 On June 27, a coordinated gun-and-bomb attack on the paramilitary Rangers’ headquarters...

06.07.2026 50

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Abdul Basit Khan

‘Everything will be okay’ with Afghanistan. It still isn’t.

‘Everything will be okay’ with Afghanistan. It still isn’t. https://arab.news/62dc7 I remember sitting across from the commander of the Kabul...

03.07.2026 50

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Baker Atyani

A new security architecture for West Asia

A new security architecture for West Asia https://arab.news/5y8wn The recent Iran-United States conflict has triggered one of the most consequential...

02.07.2026 100

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Asif Durrani

Pakistan brokered the peace. Western media saw only oil

Pakistan brokered the peace. Western media saw only oil https://arab.news/rt2fb When the United States and Iran reached their peace deal, Donald Trump...

30.06.2026 60

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Muna Khan

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan: A real test of brotherhood

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan: A real test of brotherhood https://arab.news/2z29v When Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed the Strategic Mutual Defense...

25.06.2026 70

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Dr. Ali Awadh Asseri

Diplomatic capital is not enough: Pakistan’s next test in the Gulf

Diplomatic capital is not enough: Pakistan’s next test in the Gulf https://arab.news/gd3a7 For much of the past year, Pakistan’s engagement with...

25.06.2026 60

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Mehreen Durrani

Pakistan’s budget of managed expectations

Pakistan’s budget of managed expectations https://arab.news/2c8fc Pakistan’s government delivered its budget last week with the now-familiar...

24.06.2026 60

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Javed Hassan

Did Pakistan’s mediation just open a new regional order?

Did Pakistan’s mediation just open a new regional order? https://arab.news/cksdr The 14-point US-Iran MoU must not be read only through the Western...

22.06.2026 80

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Nasim Zehra

Can Pakistan challenge Indian strategic depth in the East?

Can Pakistan challenge Indian strategic depth in the East? https://arab.news/8zmkh Since the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the contours of...

18.06.2026 100

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Umar Karim

Trump-Iran historic peace agreement under Israel’s evil eye

Trump-Iran historic peace agreement under Israel’s evil eye https://arab.news/pwgcp As Trump and his White House aides, the Iranian clergy in...

18.06.2026 70

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Owais Tohid

I was covering evictions. Then came the knock on my door

I was covering evictions. Then came the knock on my door https://arab.news/y45rn It was close to 11pm when I finally went to sleep that evening. My...

17.06.2026 30

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Sara Iram Gill