Research section
op-eds
Peace requires more than elections—and governments must be audited like nonprofits. At its core, state is a nonprofit organization—a legal trust created to deliver public goods. Like all…
op-eds
The state is a man-made entity; it must be regulated. Let us begin by unlearning what the state is not. The state is not a mythical Leviathan born of…
op-eds
When lawmakers prescribe dogma instead of diagnosis, society bears the consequences Imagine a world where pharmaceutical companies are free to concoct and distribute medicines without trials, without regulation,…
op-eds
Peace Demands an Independent Regulator, Not Diplomacy For too long, we have clung to a persistent illusion: that the United Nations, with its blue helmets, speeches, and ceremonies,…
op-eds
In most legal and political discourse today, law is often understood in formalistic or institutional terms—defined by who enacts it (parliament), how it is enforced (police and courts),…
op-eds
Once again, innocent civilians in Indian-held Kashmir have been killed en masse. Once again, New Delhi has accused Pakistan of supporting terrorism. Once again, the latter has denied…
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