In 1960, the US economist Walt Whitman Rostow published The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto. The subtitle revealed the book’s purpose. Rostow did not merely describe economic development; he offered an
On an evening in September 2024, Argentina’s President Javier Milei stood before a large crowd in Parque Lezama in Buenos Aires. He wore his signature dark leather jacket and barked out his
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Given emerging deterrence gap, multiple trajectories need to be adopted post haste [sic] for acquiring 4.5 generation and 5th Generation fighters for the Indian Air Force. The much-awaited Report of the Empowered Committee
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I was not surprised when Columbia University’s interim president Katrina Armstrong caved to the demands of the Trump administration. She agreed to ban face masks or face coverings, prohibit protests in academic
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This is the last chapter of the genocide. It is the final, blood-soaked push to drive the Palestinians from Gaza. No food. No medicine. No shelter. No clean water. No electricity. Israel is swiftly
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The Thwaites Glacier, often called the “doomsday glacier,” is a massive ice structure in West Antarctica that scientists are closely monitoring due to its potential to dramatically raise sea levels. Thwaites, which
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In 1945, when the United Nations Charter was drafted, its authors and those who first adopted it carefully crafted language on how to deal with armed conflict in the world. Between the signing of
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The occupation and exploitation of land is inherently tied to the occupation and exploitation of women’s bodies. The U.S. empire, built off the back of colonization–an invasion and assault on the resources,
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Tripura remains free of terrorism. The year 2024 marked a milestone achievement in the state of Tripura, where Chief Minister Manik Saha announced the state “insurgent-free or zero insurgency” with the signing
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“Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular.” – Thomas B. Macaulay Intellectual Theory Throughout history, the discourse on tariffs
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This was a talk I gave at the Sanctuary for Independent Media. My old office in Gaza is a pile of rubble. The streets around it, where I went for a coffee, ordered
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The world we live in is changing fast. The international order, long defined by well-established rules and norms, faces unprecedented challenges. Some of these norms are outdated, easily abused by the powerful,
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March is the month of International Working Women’s Day, a day deeply rooted in the socialist movement. Most of the world now only calls 8 March ‘International Women’s Day’, excluding the word ‘working’ from
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Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million years ago revealing branching evolutionary stories of survival, intermixing, and extinctions. Archaeology is increasingly allowing
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The attacks on colleges and universities — Donald Trump’s administration has warned some 60 colleges that they could lose federal money if they fail to make campuses safe for Jewish students and is already pulling $400 million from Columbia
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Christian Nationalists who form the bedrock of support for Donald Trump — 80 percent voted for Trump in the last election according to a voter survey by the Associated Press — have mounted a
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