Why Ukraine Won’t Join NATO – OpEd
Following Russia’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine in September last year, Kyiv formally applied for NATO membership. However, despite the ongoing Russian aggression, Ukraine’s membership...
View ArticleBRICS: Yet Another Debating Forum – OpEd
With the United Nations Organisation steadily losing its relevance and no more enjoying the confidence of the world community that it can ensure world peace and international cooperation, there is...
View ArticleSecondary Education And NEP-2020: Significance And Prospect – OpEd
The National Education Policy-2020 covers a wide range of educational aspects, including curriculum, assessment, teacher training, and more which include: a. Flexibility in Curriculum: NEP-2020...
View ArticleTargeted And Silenced: The Dangerous World Of Journalists In Pakistan – OpEd
The hazards journalists routinely confront are a sobering reminder of how press freedom continues to contract. Journalism is unquestionably one of Pakistan’s most risky professions. Reporting from the...
View ArticleYevgeny Prigozhin, Mercenary Leader Whose Mutiny Was ‘Stab In The Back’ For...
By Mike Eckel (RFE/RL) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the notorious mercenary company Wagner who became a key figure in Russia’s war on Ukraine before staging a mutiny that brought rebel fighters to...
View ArticleNavigating The Storm: Pakistan’s Complex Security Landscape Amidst Taliban’s...
The return of the Taliban in Afghanistan has significantly increased Pakistan's security challenges, impacting various dimensions of its national security and regional stability. Pakistan shares a...
View ArticleNuclear Technology: Balancing Threats And Promises For A Secure Future – OpEd
Nuclear technology stands as a remarkable testament to human ingenuity, with the power to both endanger and uplift our existence. In the intricate interplay between the potential for destruction and...
View ArticleAltaf Hussain’s Decline And Lessons For Imran Khan – OpEd
The enigmatic Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain previously had a firm hold on the city of Karachi. However, as disputes, crackdowns, and factional divisions undermined MQM’s power,...
View ArticleRobert Reich: Trump’s Debate Response (The Fascist Who Doesn’t Want America...
I want to talk about symbols, images, and fascism. Here is Trump’s mugshot from his arraignment in Georgia. It’s a look of defiance — which I’m sure he practiced repeatedly beforehand — intended for...
View ArticleMacron On Karabakh: It’s No Longer Time For Diplomacy
French President Emmanuel macron has commented on the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), maintaining that “it’s not longer time for diplomacy.” “Our diplomacy is clear but the time is not for...
View ArticleBRICS Opposes Regional Military Pressure In Niger Republic – OpEd
The historic 15th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit held in Johannesburg has successfully ended with a joint declaration, outlining comprehensive pathways forward into the...
View ArticleStill Separate And Unequal: How Subsidized Housing Exacerbates Inequality
For years, scholars, advocates and journalists have highlighted the ongoing racism and segregation in the housing market, yet a segment of the housing market — government-subsidized housing — has been...
View ArticleNew Audio Technique Used For Census Of California Spotted Owls In Sierra Nevada
For the first time, researchers have estimated the Spotted Owl population across the entire Sierra Nevada ecosystem. The analysis, which was led by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
View ArticleTwo Networks, Two Realities, One Big Problem
National news coverage from the two largest broadcast outlets, CNN and Fox News, not only reflects growing political polarization in America, but in a recent publication, researchers at Virginia Tech...
View ArticleSwRI Will Lead Hubble, Webb Observations Of Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon
The Space Telescope Science Institute recently awarded Southwest Research Institute a large project to use the Hubble and James Webb telescopes to remotely study Io, the most volcanically active body...
View ArticleHow The Sahel’s Tribal Divisions Undermine Security In Conflict-Prone African...
By Robert Bociaga Africa is home to a rich tapestry of cultures, histories and identities that have woven together to form an intricate social fabric. But there is perhaps no other region that better...
View Article‘Cheegha: The Call From Waziristan, The Last Outpost’ And Parallels Of Frantz...
In the immense fabric of human stories, some are forgotten and ignored and thus never recounted. In his remarkable book “Cheegha: The Call from Waziristan, the Last Outpost,” Ghulam Qadir Khan Daur...
View ArticleIndia: Impenitent Killers – Analysis
By Deepak Kumar Nayak On August 22, 2023, a villager, Supai Murkan (48), was killed by cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on suspicion of being a ‘police informer’, near...
View ArticlePakistan: Muzzled Media – Analysis
By Sanchita Bhattacharya Independent voices of journalists, reporters and media personnel continued to be trampled across Pakistan, with the state, its proxies and extremist elements resorting to...
View ArticleRobert Reich: The March On Washington, 60 Years Ago – OpEd
I remember. Do you? Sixty years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, seeking to focus the nation’s attention on civil rights and...
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