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
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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.
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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.
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Opinion | Why Germany May Be The Next Big Thing For Young Indians
Germany is facing acute talent shortages, which have been exacerbated by the fact that its population is ageing. It needs young people who can transform its ageing economy.
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Opinion | $1.7 Trillion: Why Investors Are Betting Big On US Despite Recession Fears
Trump's pugilist-like tariff jabs may be earning him more adversaries than he bargained for, but he has demonstrated his knack for convincing countries and corporations to invest big in the US.
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Opinion | Can The Real BRICS+ Please Stand Up?
By 2050, BRICS+ economies are projected to control 50% of global wealth production. Yet, when the time comes to make bold moves, the grouping has been known to dither.
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Opinion | Thanks To Trump, Researchers May Soon Start Ditching US For China
The Trump administration, in its all-out assault on universities, has already slashed federal grants worth $800 million and $400 million for Johns Hopkins and Columbia, respectively. But this is just the beginning.
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Opinion | Universities Are Feeling The Pinch As Indian Students Ditch The 'Big Four'
Indian students are increasingly looking beyond the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. But why?
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Opinion | Church Of England Refuses To Learn From Its Abuse Scandals
In November, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby (the Church's senior most figure), stepped down amid a damning report that found that he failed to act on allegations of child sexual abuse within the Church of England.
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Opinion | Is This The Birth Of A 'Post-Aid' World?
It seems like the era of generous, unquestioned aid flows from the West may well be coming to an end. What replaces it remains uncertain, but for those who rely on it, the stakes could not be higher.
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Opinion | How China Is Rushing To Fill The Gaps Trump Is Creating
With each withdrawalfrom WHO to climate agreements and beyondTrumps America retreats from leadership, leaving a power vacuum that Beijing is eager to exploit. Are we heading towards "America First" or "America Alone"?
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Opinion | The Death Of The 'Liberal Elite' Should Shock No One
After decades of steering the post-War system, liberals appear to have lost both their edge and the moral high ground.
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Opinion | The One Where Europe Gets Bullied
Europe faces a moment of reckoning. Should it play second fiddle to an increasingly assertive US under Trump?
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Opinion | How India Can Deal With Trump And His Tariffs 'Creatively'
If Trump has made "America First" his battle cry, India has long sworn by its own foreign policy doctrine: strategic autonomy.
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Opinion | Is Trump Serious About Annexing Canada? Or Is He Just Being Trump?
Canadas Constitution is as silent as a winter morning on how a provinceor the entire nation, for that mattercould secede and join another country.
