Syed Wajahat Ali
Artificial Intelligence and Music of the Human Condition
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- September 15, 2026
IS AI really going to dehumanize civilization? I think the opposite is also plausible, considering the nuanced possibilities of the historical dialectic in human social…
Regionalizing Power: The Mecca Pact and the Future of Global Security
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- August 18, 2026
Pakistan–KSA–Turkey mutual defense in Mecca is perhaps among the most significant shifts in the power structure of the Middle East since the post–World War I…
Painful Profits: Mechanics of a New Globalisation
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- May 1, 2026
THE stark divergence between profit and pain has become a dominant feature of a new phase of globalization since the beginning of this decade: crises…
God’s Battle: Tehran, The Strait and the Mirage of Victory
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- March 12, 2026
E. O. Wilson once warned that the crisis of humanity lies in the contradiction that we possess “a Paleolithic mind, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.”…
Return of Caesars: Chips, Memory, and the Pacific
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- January 1, 2026
Imagine, on one side, solar-powered AI satellites operating in deep space, with orbital internet feeding into ground robotics, going to grind the world’s productivity, connectivity,…
Treaty of the Himalayas: A Final Call from Asia’s Crumbling Water Tower
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- December 6, 2025
In continuation of my earlier proposal to reshape global diplomatic architecture around transboundary geographical features, an instructive example is the Himalayan ecosystem shared by China…
Unions of Transboundary Ecosystems: A New Diplomatic Architecture
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- October 21, 2025
Since the Paris Agreement, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has sped up the transition to renewable energy and fundraising for climate resilience.…
Planet, Power and Shakespeare
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- July 24, 2025
Despite humans having witnessed a dramatic evolution in global governance and connectivity, the underlying constraints shaping their group consciousness in conflict are largely primitive. These…
Echoes of Empire: South Asia’s Unique Pluralism and Conflict
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- May 25, 2025
Gabriel Garcia Marquez said in the context of Latin American solitude and the irony of Spanish colonialism, “The interpretation of our reality through patterns not…
Delusions of Modern Warfare: Afghanistan, A Case Study
- By Syed Wajahat Ali
- April 13, 2025
Modern warfare tends to depart from the post-Napoleonic, Clausewitzian theory that war is a rational expression of national interest. Paradoxically, technology, despite adding sophistication and…
