Old Game, New Gold: What Is Saudi Arabia Planning With Golf? – OpEd
By Gary Grappo The Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) and LIV Golf announced this month that they will merge, shocking not only the world of sports but also the broadcast media and corporate...
View ArticlePakistan’s Solidarity With Afghan Refugees And Recent Prisoners Release – OpEd
The recent release of 290 Afghan citizens in the next two months will reinforce Pakistan’s sincere efforts to help Afghan refugees. These people were put in prison for not having any legal...
View ArticleThe Tethered Actions Of NGOs And The Rohingya Repatriation Question – OpEd
The Rohingya refugee crisis has taken a protracted turn in Cox’s Bazar- the largest refugee camp of the world hosting over 1.3 million Rohingya refugees. From the very beginning, Bangladesh...
View ArticleThe Complications of Hosting India’s Prime Minister: Geopolitics Vs. Human...
President Joe Biden’s forthcoming meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has drawn attention and criticism regarding the prioritization of traditional geopolitics over human rights. While...
View ArticleReligious Starvation In Kenya – OpEd
In Kenya investigators are uncovering what could become one of the worst mass suicides in recent memory. Detectives say that the Christian cult was split into eight separate settlements with biblical...
View ArticleRobert Reich: The ‘Paid What You’re Worth’ Myth – OpEd
From time to time, I write to debunk an economic myth that’s used to justify the staggering inequalities of income and wealth that characterize modern America. Today, I’m taking on the idea that...
View ArticleDaniel Ellsberg: The Establishment’s Whistleblower – OpEd
In 1972 Stanley K. Sheinbaum, chairman of the Pentagon Papers Fund, wrote with a hot pertinence that remains striking (at this time Julian Assange is facing grave prospects of being extradited to the...
View ArticleNEP 2020 And NEP SAARTHI: A Vision For 21st Century Education – Analysis
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently launched a novel initiative, ‘NEP SAARTHI – Student Ambassador for Academic Reforms in Transforming Higher Education in India.’ The programme has...
View ArticleTrump Cult Against America – OpEd
In 2016, Trump won the presidency as an outsider without a conventional political background, shaking up the Republican Party and the country. His influence grew as he created a loyal following that...
View ArticleThe Right To Seek Safety – OpEd
Through a WhatsApp message from Portugal, my friend Eunice Neves asked to share a moment with me. She was with an Afghan couple, Frishta and Mohammad, and their baby son, Arsalan. The young family has...
View ArticleMiddle Ages: Truths And Myths (Part I) – Analysis
When children have introductory history lesson in the school, teachers usually explain what will they learn in the next few years. There is a kind of consensus that the beginning and end of history...
View ArticleThe FTC Is Wrong About Mergers And Monopoly, Yet Again – OpEd
President Joe Biden’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appointees have an affinity for returning to an earlier era’s antitrust enforcement, sometimes summarized as a “big is bad” or “neo-Brandeisian”...
View ArticleMoscow Announces End-Run Around Increasingly Hostile Kazakhstan – Analysis
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power, Moscow has routinely sought to redirect trade through countries in the post-Soviet space to help its allies and weaken its opponents with the goal...
View ArticleFederal Government To Benefit From Student Loan Ruling – OpEd
The Supreme Court has determined President Biden’s student loan relief scheme is unconstitutional. Because of that ruling, millions of student loan borrowers will resume making monthly payments on...
View ArticleModi Lied To The US Public Once Again – OpEd
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi spoke at the joint session of the US Congress on June 22. Modi became the second Indian Prime Minister after Manmohan Singh to be honored with a State Visit to the...
View ArticleThousands Celebrate Fifth Anniversary Of Mexican President AMLO’s Victory
On Saturday, July 1, around 250,000 people gathered at Zócalo Square in Mexico City to celebrate five years since the presidential victory of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). They...
View ArticlePolice In Argentina’s Jujuy Province Raid Home Of Indigenous Activist Milagro...
On June 29, police in the Jujuy province of Argentina raided the home of Indigenous and social leader Milagro Sala, who has been imprisoned since January 2016. Human rights and social activists allege...
View ArticleUK: Rishi Sunak’s Long-Term Health Workforce Plan Fails To Address Workers’...
The British government announced a “historic” health workforce plan on June 30, aiming to address the chronic shortage of health workers over the next 15 years. The plan foresees an investment of £2.4...
View ArticleBRICS Summit Will Go On As Planned, Confirms Host South Africa
South Africa confirmed on June 29 that the upcoming BRICS summit will be held as proposed on August 22 to 24 in Johannesburg, putting to rest the uncertainty which arose after the International...
View ArticleThe Fossil Fuel Proliferation Threat – OpEd
Climate change negotiations and debates are characterised by some curious features. For one, there are interminable stretches of discussion that never seem to feature the agents of cause. Chatter...
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