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Zara Kayani

Zara Kayani

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Zara Kayani, a former fellow at the Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS), is a researcher in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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  1. Pakistan’s Literacy Problem
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    Pakistan’s Literacy Problem

    Sep 5, 2019 Zara Kayani says a nationwide campaign to boost reading skills could draw on successes elsewhere in the region.

  2. Think Local, Develop Better
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    Think Local, Develop Better

    Mar 18, 2019 Zara Kayani says community involvement in Pakistani development projects holds lessons for other countries.

  3. The Promise of Multi-Shift Schooling
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    The Promise of Multi-Shift Schooling

    Nov 21, 2018 Zara Kayani advocates a cost-effective way to enable more students to get a secondary education.

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    Joseph S. Nye, Jr., on Chinese power, US politics, the new cold war, and more

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. considers how China undermines its own soft power, traces the potential causes of a war over Taiwan, welcomes Europe’s embrace of “smart” power, and more.
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    Can Democracy Survive the Polycrisis?

    George Soros

    A Russian defeat in Ukraine, and a lessening of Sino-American tensions, may create room for world leaders to confront the challenges posed by artificial intelligence and climate change, both of which threaten to destroy our civilization. But for the world’s democracies, there is only a narrow and winding path that leads to this outcome.

    considers how world leaders will address the challenges posed by AI, climate change, and the war in Ukraine.
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    Can America Escape Its Second Gilded Age?

    J. Bradford DeLong recalls how the country overcame a previous era of extreme income and wealth inequality.
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    Can Spain Show European Leadership?

    Ana Palacio worries that a snap election will undermine the effectiveness of the country’s Council of the EU presidency.
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    The Modi Decade

    Shashi Tharoor assesses the sources of the Indian government's popularity, despite its mixed record over the last nine years.
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    The Fight Over EU Fiscal Reform

    Lucrezia Reichlin shows why the European Commission’s latest proposal, in contrast to its predecessor, solves nothing.
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    Governments Must Meet Their Biodiversity Pledges

    Ellen Johnson Sirleaf implores wealthy donor countries to deliver on the promises they made at COP15 to protect natural capital.
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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.

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