India’s Pursuit Of Reserve Currency Status – Analysis
By Sneha M For decades, the US dollar has solidified its position as the world’s leading reserve currency due to its wide acceptance in almost all international trade transactions. However, due to...
View ArticleJapan: Abe’s Legacy Of Expanded Police Power – Analysis
By Lawrence Repeta Shinzo Abe’s long tenure as prime minister of Japan is notable for many reasons, but perhaps his most enduring achievements were made in the Diet where he led colleagues in passing...
View ArticleInternational Criminal Court Is No Longer A Paper Tiger – OpEd
By Jonathan Power There can be no question that if President Bashar al-Assad of Syria falls the International Criminal Court (ICC) will want to put him on trial for war crimes. The long arm of...
View ArticleWhat The Heck Is Up With F-16s To Ukraine? – OpEd
By Dave Patterson When it comes to anything other than throwing taxpayer dollars at Ukraine, President Joe Biden is incapable of making timely decisions. Providing F-16s is a perfect case in point....
View ArticleChallenging The Global North’s ‘Clean Energy’ Transition – Analysis
It was a dream team of activists and scholars who conducted a whirlwind advocacy tour of Europe at the end of May. They visited Germany, Belgium, and the UK to challenge the conventional notion that...
View ArticleTime To Sober Up And Back Off This Conflict With Russia – OpEd
One of my sources close to the front line action is telling me that the foreign fighters joining to fight for Ukraine as mercenaries are still mostly in training for defensive roles. But I am told...
View ArticleArrests Of Central Asian Jihadists In Germany And Netherlands Reveals...
By Nurbek Bekmurzaev On July 6, law enforcement in Germany and the Netherlands arrested nine Central Asians on terrorism-related charges. In Germany, five Tajik nationals, one Kyrgyz citizen, and one...
View ArticleGermany Models New Citizenship Law On France To Tackle Labor Shortage
By Nick Alipour (EurActiv) — Germany wants to lower the requirements for acquiring its citizenship following the example of France, the government has announced, continuing its reform agenda to tackle...
View ArticleAtlanta Prosector Fani Willis Sent Black Educators To Jail – OpEd
Atlanta is no mecca for Black people. It is a political plantation where the white overseers rule. Fani Willis’ prosecution of Black teachers was an awful example of the power dynamic in that city....
View ArticleBidenomics: A Boom That Awaits An Inevitable Bust – OpEd
By Jack Watt Joe Biden recently claimed on Twitter that “Bidenomics” has increased the real wages of low-income workers. A counterclaim was made through Twitter’s Community Notes that wages adjusted...
View ArticleThe BRICS Local Currency Agendaas International Implications – Analysis
By Lauren Johnston The heads of state of Brazil, India, China, and South Africa, and Russia’s foreign minister standing in for Vladimir Putin, are currently gathered for the BRICS Summit in...
View ArticleFinancial Sector To Focus On Digital Transformation At Seamless Saudi Arabia...
Amid efforts to propel digital transformation in Saudi Arabia’s financial sector, the Kingdom has announced that it will host the Seamless Saudi Arabia 2023 Conference. The conference — steered by...
View ArticleThe Horn of Africa States: The BRICS Story (Part II) – OpEd
And the bells rang and BRICS announced one of its key goals of its 15th Summit in South Africa, which involved its expansion. This was, indeed, historic as six new members were officially invited to...
View ArticleMaui Wildfire Devastation Exposes Legacy Of Colonialism
On August 8, one of the deadliest wildfires in the 21st century broke out on the island of Maui, Hawai?i. Aerial photos show the effects of the devastation, with the historic city of Lahaina going...
View ArticlePakistani Rights Activist Ali Wazir And Lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir Jailed On...
Former member of Pakistan's parliament and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir and human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir were remanded to three days in detention by the country's...
View ArticleProgressive Luisa González And Millionaire Daniel Noboa Head To Runoff...
On August 20, over 13 million Ecuadorians took part in the early general elections to elect the country's next president, vice president, and 137 members of the National Assembly amid a wave of...
View Article2023 Is Already Deadliest Year On Record For Palestinians In Occupied West...
Israeli occupation forces have killed over 200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this year, surpassing the total number of deaths last year (167), said the UN's Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland...
View ArticleBernie Sanders: The US And China Must Unite To Fight The Climate Crisis – OpEd
Climate change is a global crisis and cannot be solved by any one country alone. If the United States, China and other industrialized countries do not come together to dramatically decrease greenhouse...
View ArticleIndia’s Space Success A Beacon Of Hope And Inspiration – OpEd
By Khaled Abou Zahr In an extraordinary achievement that echoed worldwide, India on Wednesday proudly announced the landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon’s uncharted south pole. This...
View ArticleCan West Africa Survive The Coup In Niger? – Analysis
On July 26, a military junta seized power in Niger. The junta arrested the democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and suspended the constitution. A few hours later thousands of Nigeriens,...
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