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Friday, September 5, 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

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.