As Poor as a War Zone: Pakistan’s Dwindling Economy and No Signs of Recovery
The World Bank’s October 2026 regional update has produced the most damaging statistic published about Pakistan in years, and it…
Europe cannot afford to keep India waiting
Europe needs the Indian market, and the pressures on its economy make that need increasingly urgent. American tariffs have complicated…
The Orange Plague arrives in Strasbourg
Donald Trump has appeared at the European Parliament without a suit, without a speech and covered in gold. The American…
France’s school crisis reaches the streets
French students returned to the streets on October 8 with demands that a country of France’s wealth should be able…
Europe tightens return rules. Can it enforce the safeguards?
EU ministers gave final approval to the new Return Regulation in Luxembourg on 1 October, strengthening governments’ powers to remove…
Italy’s new electoral law can deliver a majority. Can it deliver stability?
Italy’s new electoral law rests on a reasonable ambition. Voters should know which coalition intends to govern, who would lead…
The woman who became the face of Spain’s political crisis
Maricarmen Abascal had lived in her Madrid home for more than seventy years. On 23 September, aged 87, she was…
Faith at crossroads: Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and India’s secular constitutional shield
A religious accusation in Pakistan can begin with a whispered allegation and end with a prison cell, a death sentence…
Smit Machchhar, the captain who brought them home.
An Israeli singer learning the Hanuman Chalisa to honour an Indian pilot is an expression of gratitude few could have…
Pakistan’s Cross Border Terrorism Strategy Becomes India’s Burden and Cost
Terrorism has become one of the most corrosive burdens India has had to bear, not only in the lives lost…
