Pakistan's Climate Challenge Is Not a Technology Problem
Pakistan's climate crisis is not a technology or financing problem. It is a governance problem. Despite numerous policy frameworks, implementation…
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PGAN Alumni Journal
Essays worth reading
Briefings and arguments from PGAN alumni. Every piece lists its theme, the date it was published, and a short account of the case it makes.
All essays Art, Culture & Global Dialogue Climate & Sustainable Futures Human Development & Inclusion Knowledge, Innovation & Enterprise Peace, Security & Resilience Public Policy & Good Governance
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The Most Powerful National Narratives Are the Ones Countries Tell Themselves
Countries build stories about who they are and foreign policy is often shaped more by remembered history than actual history. Every major power edits…
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The Countries Winning the Future Imagined It First
The world's most ambitious countries built technology after first imagining it through science fiction and speculative culture. Pakistan's national…
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Soft Power Changes People Before They Notice
Soft power works because it operates through aspiration rather than coercion and people rarely notice it until the change is already complete. South…
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The Port That Feeds a State Can Also Pressure It
Ports are not just trade gateways but strategic pressure points where disruption can raise food prices, delay industrial imports and destabilise…
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Pakistan's Next Security Test May Not Start at the Border
Pakistan's security debate remains focused on borders and conventional threats while more dangerous vulnerabilities grow within society itself.…
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Will AI Make Better Pakistani Lawyers Or Just Faster Bad Ones?
AI can make Pakistan's legal profession faster but not necessarily better. The real risk is false confidence as AI produces polished outputs that…
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Why the Most Important Negotiations Usually Begin in Secret
History's most consequential negotiations succeeded because they began in secret, away from public pressure that punishes compromise. Pakistan…
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The Iran Crisis Is Making Nuclear Weapons Look Like Insurance
The Iran crisis is reshaping how states think about nuclear weapons. Watching Iran face military pressure and sanctions while remaining non-nuclear,…
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The Hardest Part of US Iran Talks Is Not the Nuclear File
The real challenge in US-Iran diplomacy is not the nuclear file but creating political conditions where compromise does not look like surrender. Both…
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Why Pakistan's Quiet Diplomacy Still Matters in a Harder Middle East
Pakistan's geographic and diplomatic position (bordering Iran, with ties to China, Gulf states and the US) makes it a useful backchannel in the…
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Pakistan’s Air Pollution Crisis and the Silent Public Health Emergency
Pakistan faces one of the world’s most severe air pollution crises, with cities like Lahore and Karachi experiencing hazardous PM2.5 levels far above…
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About this journal
How to read the alumni blog
What does the alumni blog publish?
Essays and briefings written for the Pakistan Global Alumni Network. Each article is a finished piece: a title, a theme, a publication date, and the argument in full. Podcasts and event listings live in their own sections.
How are articles organised?
Pieces are grouped by theme, including climate, public policy, knowledge and enterprise, culture, human development, and peace and security. Open a theme to read only that shelf.
How do I find a piece?
Search the title or the argument, or follow a theme. On an article, each tag links back to other pieces that share it.