Houthi Shipping Attacks Pose Complex Diplomatic Challenge To Next UK...
By Ruaa Ameri Whichever political party forms the next UK government after this week’s general election will face major domestic and international challenges, including the crises in Gaza and the Red...
View ArticleEast China Sea: Around 35% Of Global Petroleum And Petroleum Product...
The East China Sea is a semi-closed sea bordered by the Yellow Sea to the north, the South China Sea and Taiwan to the south, Japan's Ryukyu and Kyushu islands to the east, and the Chinese mainland to...
View ArticleHungary’s Orban Presents Zelenskyy With Cease-Fire Proposal On First Visit To...
(RFE/RL) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said he presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with a cease-fire proposal aimed at pausing fighting with Russia more than two years into...
View ArticleThe Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Sections 3 And 4—Presidential Disability – Analysis
By Karen L. Shanton The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, proposed by Congress in 1965 and ratified by the states in 1967, provides for presidential succession, vice presidential vacancies, and presidential...
View ArticleReporting On Religious Minorities In India – Analysis
By Golam Rasul Religious minorities arefrequently subjected to discrimination, humiliation, exclusion and even physical violence in India. Published in the middle of the 2024 parliamentary election, a...
View ArticleWhy NATOizing Military Assistance To Ukraine Won’t Solve The Alliance’s...
By Sara Bjerg Moller (FPRI) -- Despite promises to support Ukraine for as long as necessary, many NATO Allies are starting to reach a tipping point in their military assistance to Ukraine. That...
View ArticleIntroducing Operation Warp Speed 2, For Bird Flu – OpEd
Back in December of 2020, then United Staes President Donald Trump wastoutingthe supposed great accomplishment of his Operation Warp Speed quickly producing coronavirus “vaccines.” Trump and...
View ArticleFact-Checking The Two Presidents – OpEd
Although news articles often call Donald Trump a “liar,” I don’t think I have ever seen that term used when discussing Joe Biden. Following the first presidential debate in June, fact-checkers atThe...
View ArticleChevron Deference Is No More – OpEd
The bureaucrats of the administrative state have enjoyed much discretion under the Supreme Court’s 1984 decision inChevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.(1984). In that case,...
View ArticleVarying Interpretations Of Truth, Or Truth As A Social Construct – OpEd
By Wanjiru Njoya In this age of relativism, where one often hears reference to “your truth” and “my truth,” there are so many varying interpretations of truth that the concept of truth itself seems...
View ArticleMoscow May Soon Do More Than Simply Restore The Death Penalty – Analysis
As has been the case after every terrorist attack during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s time in power, the attacks on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow in March and on churches and synagogues in...
View ArticleIs Afghanistan Once Again Becoming A Battleground For Major Powers? – OpEd
Why is Afghanistan always in trouble? The sufferings of Afghanistan in the distant past and current difficulties are in large measure the product of its geographical location combined with its mines...
View ArticleHungary’s Orbán Travels To Moscow, Days After Kyiv Trip
By Alexandra Brzozowski and Charles Szumski (EurActiv) -- Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán travelled to Moscow on Friday (5 July) to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, only a few days after...
View ArticleNew UK Prime Minister Starmer Vows ‘Change Begins Now,’ But Ukraine Is...
(RFE/RL) -- A triumphant Keir Starmer announced in London early on July 5 that "change begins now," after his Labour Party scored a landslide victory to end 14 years of Conservative government in the...
View ArticleWhen Are You Going To Get A Proper Job?: Sixty Years In Journalism, The World...
Journalist Jonathan Power has a new book, scheduled for release in October. A foreign affairs journalist for 60 years, Jonathan Power is a renowned journalist, filmmaker, and broadcaster, best known...
View ArticleIs It A Labour Victory Or The Consolidation Of Conservative Oligarchy In...
The crushing defeat of the Conservative Party and their local version called Scottish National Party in the UK general election today is a cause for celebration. The Labour Party has returned to power...
View ArticleConservatives’ Rout In UK Elections Could Be Attributed To Brexit – Analysis
Though Labour swept the polls, it lost Muslim and liberal votes due to its hostile stand on Gaza The Conservative Party's 14-year reign come to an end on Friday with a defeat not seen since 1832. The...
View ArticleWhy Is The NY Times Calling For Biden’s Ouster? – OpEd
The elite newspaper has a long history of undermining progressive causes. Its position on Biden's viability as the Democratic nominee needs to be seen within this context. The New York Times, long...
View ArticleWhere The Ice Is Melting Between Beijing And Moscow – Analysis
By Luke Coffey It is obvious that the war in Ukraine has had consequences for Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region, but they have been felt further afield too — for example, in the Arctic region....
View ArticleTrump Felony Convictions Imperiled – OpEd
By John Klar Manhattan prosecutors agreed on July 2 to delay the sentencing of Donald Trump for his conviction in New York on 34 felony counts relating to allegedly fraudulent characterizations of...
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