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Friday, April 4, 2025
TopicArab Spring

Topic: Arab Spring

Why Imran’s comeback would be a triumph for democracy and a disaster for Pakistan

Imran’s popularity has risen to a level not seen in Pakistan before. But all nations, especially democracies, need institutions that can stand up to majoritarianism of any kind.

Arab Spring or Islamic winter? KP Fabian’s new ‘was and wasn’t’ book answers this question

In an event in Delhi, KP Fabian discussed US involvement in the 2011 Arab uprisings and the flawed notion of resistance to democracy in Muslim nations.

Yemen’s ragtag rebels became a threat to world economy, showed military power has its limits

Iran and Saudi Arabia are talking—but it might be too late to put the war-making djinn back in the bottle. Power-brokers in Yemen depend on violence to secure influence.

Ground zero of Arab Spring is back on streets. This time, to round off the revolution

Tunisian youth and scores of Arab Spring activists are back with the slogans and placards, demanding an end to the police state and fall of regime. But something is different this time.

Arab Spring showed autocracy is anything but stable

The chaotic & unpredictable fashion in which regimes entered into crisis and collapsed shows that authoritarianism is both highly fragile and a major source of violent turmoil.

What has climate change led to? Riots, uprising and tyranny

In ‘Fossil Free’, Sumant Sinha writes about the social and economic impacts of climate change, especially in oil-producing countries.

Lessons from Occupy Wallstreet to Arab Spring — young people must adopt mature activism

Youth movements need to embrace a more mature form of activism, and embrace intergenerational allyship, systems leadership & a healthier awareness of self.

A Game of Thrones in north Africa, and Jesus wants relief for the world’s poor

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Pak Spring?

The government is staring down the GHQ and ISI. Let's see if the brass blinks.

On Camera

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs are tone deaf theatrics. India must weather the storm

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs have been unleashed on India despite its efforts to appease the US, leaving New Delhi with little to show for the concessions it has made.

Why Trump’s tariffs are unlikely to severely impact the Indian economy

The jitters in Indian markets are likely ‘short-term’. Experts say this could serve as a key growth opportunity & that India must accelerate FTA talks with major countries, including US.

Meet Sardar Swaran Singh, 82-yr-old tailor who stitched uniforms for Sam Manekshaw, SRK in Fauji

Sardar Swaran Singh stitched uniforms for Army chiefs, supplied to UN missions, and catered to Shah Rukh Khan during Fauji. He has been stitching uniforms since he was 15.

Thank you Trump for putting tariff gun to India’s head. That’s the only way we’d be forced to reform

Trump threatening to pull the trigger might be just what is needed to wake up India’s self-congratulatory establishment from its headline-managing fantasies.