Bangladesh Has High Hopes For Future US Assistance – OpEd
Recently the US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya visited Bangladesh to discuss shared humanitarian concerns. The US Assistant Secretary of State for the...
View ArticleA Rebuttal: Is Pakistan Army Chief Answerable To The People? – OpEd
Sitting in a class on a subject relating to psychological warfare and how propaganda works can reveal a state’s ambitions and how some individuals continue to work for that state to do propaganda....
View Article‘Election Fair’ In Bangladesh Amid The Global ‘Tug-Of-War’
The 12th National Assembly elections will probably be held in the first week of January 2024. But for the last one and a half to two years, we have been hearing many things from political parties and...
View ArticleThe Horn Of Africa States: Governance And Public Administration – OpEd
“A government is generally described as an institution or entity through which a political unit exercises its authority, controls and administers public policy, and controls and directs the actions...
View ArticleJews And Muslims Will Survive: Optimistic Eschatology – OpEd
The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization said global temperatures recorded in early July 2023 were among the hottest on record. Keeping Earth on a global warming fast track that could...
View ArticleNATO Summit Aftermath – OpEd
Regarding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a friend sent me this note concerning a photo taken of him during the recent NATO meeting in Vilnius: "NATO literally turned his back on him. I didn't...
View ArticleIranian Regime Manufacturing Alternatives – OpEd
Despite the brutal massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988, of which 90 percent belonged to the principal opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), the Iranian regime failed to achieve...
View ArticleTotalEnergies, Aramco And SABIC Complete MENA Region’s First Processing Of...
TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC have for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa successfully converted oil derived from plastic waste into ISCC+ certified circular polymers. The plastic...
View ArticleIndra To Strengthen Eurofighter’s Survivability
Indra said Monday it is furthering the integration of one of the most important elements for the evolution of the system that protects the Eurofighter Typhoon against enemy missile attacks and radar....
View ArticleMarket Growth 2023: Perspectives And Misconceptions – OpEd
Let’s be honest with ourselves: people are prone to religious determinism, simply put, to shamanism. What does this mean? In short and dry: people interpret phenomena occurring with a certain and...
View ArticleLessons South Africa Can Draw From The Unrest In France – OpEd
The violent protests that rocked France this month in response to the police killing of teenager Nahel Merzouk do not appear to have garnered much by way of public attention here in South Africa (SA)....
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Yet Another Conscientious Objector Case Set For Strasbourg?
By Felix Corley Convicted and jailed after refusing compulsory military service on grounds of conscience, Jehovah’s Witness Seymur Mammadov failed to have his conviction and punishment overturned in...
View ArticleGray Market Charcoal East Africa: Why Prohibitionist Interventions Are...
At Kampala’s Nakawa market, Lovisa Nabisubi scoops charcoal from a bag and packs it into tins ready for customers. Her bare hands, feet, and clothes are stained black from hours of dealing in this...
View ArticleWomen Recyclers In Bolivia Build Hope, Demand Recognition
They haul many kilos of recyclable materials on their backs but receive little in return. These Bolivian women who help clean up the environment from dawn to dusk are fighting for recognition of their...
View ArticleRobert Reich: I knew Robert F. Kennedy, And You’re No Robert F. Kennedy – OpEd
During a press event last week at an Upper East Side restaurant, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that COVID-19 was “targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people.” He...
View ArticleThe BRICS Currency Project Picks Up Speed – Analysis
By Thorsten Polleit On Friday, July 7, 2023, news broke in the financial market media that the “BRICS” (that is, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) will implement their plan to create a...
View ArticleAutocrats Shift Gears By Exporting Repression Of Freedoms – Analysis
Increasingly, muzzling political freedoms beyond national borders is part of an autocrat’s toolkit. Men like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the presidents of Turkey and China, Recep Tayyip...
View Article25 Years Of India-France Strategic Partnership: Resilient In The Darkest...
By Shairee Malhotra Prime Minister Modi has just wrapped up a two-day visit to France, where he was guest of honour at France’s Bastille Day Parade. This is a rare honour, given that it’s not every...
View ArticleTo BRICS Or Not To BRICS – OpEd
When the BRICS was initiated, it was an organisation meant to express a new geopolitical will as against the Western geopolitical order. Meanwhile, it has become expression of hopes and desires for...
View ArticleGeorgieva Urges G20 Leadership To Strengthen Global Financial Safety Net –...
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made the following statement today at the third meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Gandhinagar,...
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