There are moments in the long march of international affairs when a summit, otherwise destined for the archives of routine diplomacy, acquires the resonance of a turning point. The BRICS Summit convened
Amidst the devastating tragedy of an earthquake will the Myanmar military and the resistance reconcile? On 28 March, at approximately 12:51 pm local time, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck about 21 kilometres northeast
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Winding up the 2025 budget debate in his capacity of finance minister, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake once again told the country that legislation to abolish MPs’ pensions is forthcoming, presumably in the
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Editorial Note: The following article was originally published by Sunday Island. We are republishing it here to ensure its valuable insights reach a wider audience. The issue is very clear, as The Guardian(UK) reported
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In an unguarded moment, perhaps, ex-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson blurted out recently in an interview that the ultranationalist elements who rule the roost in Kiev are a formidable obstacle to ending
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Ever since Trump assumed office as President of the USA, he has given the impression of being a man in a hurry. Several decisions have been announced, and observations have been made
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Donald Trump’s second term is having considerably more impact on the global stage than his first. Trump may have been a largely transactional president last time around, when he was more constrained
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In the past two decades, the external debt of developing countries has quadrupled to $11.4 trillion (2023). It is important to understand that this money owed to foreign creditors is equivalent to 99% of
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President Donald Trump promised to unleash mass deportations on immigrants during his presidential campaign. But he has gone much further, with the disappearing of hundreds of Venezuelan nationals from the United States
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Once a beacon of resilience and hope, Bangladesh now teeters on the precipice of despotism, ensnared in the ruthless grip of monocracy and authoritarian might. The specter of Caesarism looms large, a
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The air is thick with the prognosis that a military confrontation between the US and Iran is now just a matter of time. Going by the pattern of such scare mongering in
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In September 2024, a well-known media outlet from Albania reached out to me for my perspective on a recent €2.7 billion deal between France and Serbia, signed by Presidents Macron and Vučić, to provide
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Switzerland. ‘Fight to the last cartridge, then use your bayonets!’ Gen. Henri Gulsan So warned the retired US general Ben Hodges in an interview with the newspaper SonntagsBlick. Hodges was the former US
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On March 8, 2025, six members of the Ahmadi community were arrested by the Khawaja Ajmer Nagri Police Station in the Surjani Town of Karachi city, after being taken into “protective custody”
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On 5 March 2025, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi stepped down as chief of the general staff of the Israeli military. He had held that post since 16 January 2023 and therefore led
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I am already on record saying that the present NPP cabinet is probably the most honest cabinet there has been in my lifetime. But today’s story shows what might be the first
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