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Pakistan faces a multitude of issues but availability of clean drinking water is perhaps one of the most threatening, especially after the ravaging floods of the last two years. As was pointed out in an earlier post by my colleague Maria, 60% of the infant mortality rate in Pakistan is […]

Water is treated as a liquid asset in some countries and considered as a natural given in others. Arid countries value water more than those with a more humid climate. Russia seems to value oil and gas as its most important assets, not water: it shows scant interest in limiting […]

Pakistan has long been a country recognized for its agriculture-based economy – whether after primary, secondary or tertiary processing is beside the point. Our exports-based economy really is based on agricultural produce – ranging from wheat and processed cotton to rice. Honestly speaking, this fact is stressed upon us so […]

When it comes to social conflict, Chile has always stood apart from the rest of Latin American countries , given its liberal society and vigorous economy. However, 2011 brought widespread social discontent in Chilean society to the forefront. First and foremost, the  government of the first rightist President in office […]

After almost 10 months of unprecedented protests calling for freedom and regime change, Assad’s regime still retains its hold on power, in spite of all internal and external pressure. Up to now the only thing that the regime and the protesters have proved is that they are both much stronger […]