In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
Societies survive and grow when they successfully navigate their contradictions. Eventually, however, accumulating contradictions overwhelm existing means of navigating them. Then social problems arise that persist or worsen inside such societies because
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The nation, engulfed in hatred and resentment, appears incapable of learning or thriving. In the heart of Bangladesh, a sinister force has emerged, casting a dark shadow over its once-glorified history and
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Ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by phone late Friday, according to a statement from China’s Foreign Ministry. The conversation marks an
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by Luxman Aravind A high-profile individual, distinguished by a considerable calibre of expertise, while his recent visit to Toronto, recounted a disconcerting encounter with the new Sri Lankan government—an encounter that serves
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Israel, going back decades, has played a duplicitous game. It signs a deal with the Palestinians that is to be implemented in phases. The first phase gives Israel what it wants — in this
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Mark Rutte, the current secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), is not a poet. He, like other secretary generals of NATO, is a mediocre European politician who has been
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Jimmy Carter’s lifelong commitment to improving U.S.-Cuba relations has come into sharp focus with the recent publication of a 2004 interview by the National Security Archive. In the interview, released alongside declassified
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President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, pledged Wednesday to uphold the agency’s apolitical nature and ensure its intelligence work remains free from political influence. The
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The joint communiqué following President Anura Kumara Disanayaka’s state visit to China in January 2025 underscores the burgeoning strategic alliance between China and Sri Lanka, marked by an unwavering commitment to mutual
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In a G-Zero world, where no one country or group of countries is willing and able to provide global leadership, the law of the jungle prevails. And the law of the jungle says the
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In early January, most of the major military forces of Iran participated in a large military exercise called Payambar-e Azam (Great Prophet), which started as an annual exercise 19 years ago. These forces included
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Predicting the future has become increasingly difficult. The pace of global change is so rapid that events which once unfolded over decades now take place within a single year. While the equidistance
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After the Suez Crisis of 1956, when US President Dwight Eisenhower asked France and Britain to park and leave the African continent and grant independence to the colonially controlled states, Africa saw
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In John Updike’s 1992 novel Memories of the Ford Administration, the historian non-hero of the story just can’t finish writing his biography of James Buchanan because the fifteenth president of the United States
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In a diplomatic blunder that has raised eyebrows, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seemingly praised Taiwan during his address in Beijing while meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping. The slip occurred when
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