Why The Ugly American? – OpEd
By Jonathan Power American foreign policymakers often wonder aloud why much of the world has such an anti-American reflex. Why the “Ugly American”? Graham Greene would never have written a novel...
View ArticleHow Effective Is The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation? – Analysis
By Eugene Mark A new European Union (EU) regulation was introduced in June 2023 to prevent the importation of commodities linked to deforestation with the goal of curbing forest loss, land degradation...
View ArticleBiden’s Grandstanding For Israel: Apotheosis Of His Middle East Policy –...
By Vivek Mishra and Kabir Taneja A perfect storm awaited United States (US) President Joe Biden as he hurtled to one of his most challenging diplomacy tests in the Middle East (West Asia) in Israel....
View ArticleSynergizing International Cooperation And National Strategies To Combat...
By Dr. Cherian Samuel Among the top cyber-threats of today are ransomware and distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks, much as they have been over the past decade. Along the way, they have grown...
View ArticleHamas, Islamic Jihad: Holding Hostages Is A War Crime, Says HRW
Hamas and Islamic Jihad are committing war crimes by holding scores of Israelis and others as hostages in Gaza, Human Rights Watch said Friday. No grievance can justify holding anyone hostage. The...
View ArticleOn Centralization, Decentralization, And Self-Defense – Analysis
By Hans-Hermann Hoppe States, regardless of their constitution, are not economic enterprises. In contrast to the latter, states do not finance themselves by selling products and services to customers...
View ArticleWhy Matt Walsh Is Wrong To Call For A Pit Bull Ban – OpEd
By Benjamin Seevers Political commentators have yet to learn economics. This is evident by the repeated economic illiteracy peddled by conservative and progressive commentators alike. Matt Walsh’s...
View ArticleKremlin Persecuting 2,000 Political Opponents – OpEd
Defining precisely who is a political prisoner and who is not is a matter of debate, but at the present time, at least 2,000 political opponents of the Putin regime are being persecuted by the regime...
View ArticleA Strategic Alliance Global Order: Diplomacy In A Time Of Flux – Analysis
In order for nations to address their power deficits and maintain their influence, a significant shift away from unilateralism is imperative, and an even more significant shift toward forging...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Energy Profile: World’s Top Crude Oil Exporter – Analysis
Saudi Arabia was the world’s third-highest crude oil and condensate producer, the world’s top crude oil exporter, and OPEC’s top crude oil producer in 2022.1 Saudi Arabia is a key member of OPEC+, and...
View ArticleWhat Is Hamas And Who Supports It? – Analysis
Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, is a Palestinian Islamist military and sociopolitical movement that grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni religious and political organization founded...
View ArticleSaudi Energy Minister Announces Discovery Of Seven Oil, Gas Deposits
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister announced the discovery of seven oil and gas deposits in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province and Empty Quarter, Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. Prince Abdulaziz bin...
View ArticleMining The Planet For Renewable Energy – OpEd
Reliable energy, human rights, land impacts, air and water pollution, lost wildlife get ignored This election year, several critical issues dominate voter concerns. Illegal immigration across...
View ArticleMoving Beyond Russian And Armenian Religious Revanchism – OpEd
Of the fifteen republics in the USSR, onlyRussia and Armeniaharbored revanchist territorial claims towards their neighbors based onnationalistic myths of a historical statethat was larger than their...
View ArticleIndia: Maharashtra, Gadchiroli On The Road To Peace – Analysis
By Deepak Kumar Nayak On June 27, 2024, two women Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres carrying a cumulative reward of INR 1.6 million on their heads surrendered in Gadchiroli District....
View ArticleAfghanistan: The Taliban Bad For Health – Analysis
By Sanchita Bhattacharya A report titled, “Afghanistan: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict 2023“, published on June 24, 2024, exposed the horrid situation of health workers and staff in the...
View ArticleMuchkund Dubey: A Scholar Diplomat Remembered (1933-2024) – OpEd
Diplomats sometimes find themselves fading into obscurity within the annals of official statute books, their names relegated to the routine sections that note the passing of old envoys. Their...
View ArticleThe West – Indubitably – Has Lost Russia, And Is Losing Eurasia Too – OpEd
There perhaps was a momentary shrugging-off of slumber in Washington this week as they read the account of Sergei Lavrov’sdémarcheto the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow: Russia was telling the U.S. – “We...
View ArticleGovernor Newsom’s Unpopularity Might Have Something To Do With His Extreme...
California’s emission mandates do an excellent job of increasing the cost of electricity, products, and fuels to its citizens. In California, the economy depends on affordable, reliable, and...
View ArticleChinese Aircraft Carrier Shandong Sails Near Philippines
A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed near the main Philippine island of Luzon late last week in what one analyst said was a show of China’s resolve amid tensions with Manila in the South China Sea....
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