Robert Reich: The Most Important Thing I Teach My Students – OpEd
The most important thing I teach my students is to seek out people who disagree with them. That’s because the essence of learning is testing one’s ideas, assumptions, and values. And what better...
View ArticleSpain: PM Sánchez Cancels Public Schedule To ‘Reflect’ On Whether To Resign
By Fernando Heller (EurActiv) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D), announced Wednesday (24 April) evening that he has cancelled his entire public schedule for the next few days to...
View ArticleWhy Is Viktor Orban Keeping The 100-Year-Old Treaty Of Trianon Alive? – Analysis
By Lili Rutai (RFE/RL) — On a hill overlooking Varpalota, a former mining town a 90-minute car ride from Budapest, sits a newly refurbished museum with a single and equivocal message: Hungary was —...
View ArticleKeeping Facebook Responsible In Myanmar – OpEd
By Janette Alywyn In Myanmar, Facebook is the window to reality. In the early days of the 2021 coup, the Ministry of Transport and Communications imposed blocking orders on Facebook and WhatsApp. Most...
View ArticleStrategic Dynamics In A Melting Arctic – Analysis
By Zerin Osho and Eoin Jackson The Arctic region is rapidly becoming a focal point of global geopolitics, propelled by the melting of sea ice due to climate change, which presents both opportunities...
View ArticleNationalism Is A Virus And Needs To Be Contained – OpEd
By Jonathan Power Former British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, would never have agreed with her French counterpart, the late President Francois Mitterrand, who said “Nationalism is war”. To her,...
View ArticleWatching US Fascism In Action From China – OpEd
The contradictions and embarrassing antics of the fascist war-mongering United States appear with stark clarity when viewed from an outside perspective. Especially from within China, where peace is...
View ArticleThe US ‘Pivots To Diplomacy’ In Yemen – Analysis
The good news is the United States is calling for diplomacy in the Middle East. The bad news it is because it was bested by Yemen’s rebel Houthis. U.S. Special Envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking, bowed to...
View ArticleCowardice, Not Courage, Led House Republicans To Side With Democrats – OpEd
By Connor O’Keeffe Over the weekend, the House of Representatives passed four foreign aid bills that will allocate a combined $95 billion to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and other “national security...
View ArticleNow We Are Supposed To Cheer Government Surveillance? – OpEd
They are wearing us down with shocking headlines and opinions. They come daily these days, with increasingly implausible claims that leave your jaw on the floor. The rest of the text is perfunctory....
View ArticleIsrael Can Still Drag The US Into War With Iran – OpEd
The Biden administration is breathing a sigh of relief that it has so far avoided a wider regional war between Israel and Iran. But that self-congratulation should be tempered with realization that it...
View ArticleGangsters, Money And Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating...
By Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg, Garrett Yalch and Clifton Adcock (ProPublica and The Frontier) — It seemed an unlikely spot for a showdown between Chinese gangsters: a marijuana farm on the...
View ArticleWhy Karl Marx Desperately Needed Jordan Peterson’s Advice – OpEd
By Jon Miltimore As I make my way through Paul Kengor’s wonderful book The Devil and Karl Marx, numerous things stand out about the father of communism. It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s hard...
View ArticleBiden ‘Red Flags’ Evangelicals – OpEd
President Biden showed his bigoted side on April 23 when he spoke in Tampa, Florida about the glory of abortion. It wasn’t abortion, per se, that got him going—it was those whom he identified as...
View ArticleUnder The Shadow Of BrahMos: India’s Vulnerable Strategic Command And...
In 1991, an agreement concerning the “Prevention of Airspace Violations” was duly signed between Pakistan and India, stipulating mutual notification regarding inadvertent airspace violations through a...
View ArticleBuilding A Fair And Inclusive Tax System In Asia – Speech
Opening Remarks at the Thirteenth IMF-Japan High-Level Tax Conference for Asian Countries, Tokyo, Japan Good morning. It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the thirteenth IMF-Japan High-Level Tax...
View ArticleIndian Courts Must Call Out PIL Bluffs And Dismiss ‘Ambush’ Litigation – OpEd
There’s an urgent need for courts to nip ‘ambush’ litigation and the media to curb cheap sensationalism. When the Delhi High Court, recently imposed Rs 75,000 in costs while dismissing a public...
View ArticleMaintaining The Balance Of Power In Southeast Asia And East Asia – OpEd
Hans J. Morgenthau, the father of realism in international relations, in the collection of his essays Truth and Power called the 21st century the ‘Asian century’ envisioning China’s rise and the...
View ArticleGeopolitical Chessboard: India’s Role In Gilgit Baltistan’s Security...
Gilgit Baltistan (GB) stands out as an unparalleled natural beauty that has great geostrategic importance. It is situated in the northern area of Pakistan and bordering with China and Afghanistan. Its...
View ArticleDivisive Drumbeat: Examining Impact Of Sub-Nationalist Propaganda On National...
Pakistan, a nation brimming with diverse cultures, languages, and identities, has long grappled with the challenge of fostering national unity amidst regional diversity. One significant obstacle on...
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