Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran along with many senior LTTE leaders was killed in the military confrontation with Sri Lanka’s armed forces in May 2009. With that military
The following essay is based on the excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book published by the MIT Press Our society is obsessed with intelligence. What it is, what it predicts,
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SHOULD THE WORLD DOSCOUNT NUCLEAR ESCALATION? The world is watching apprehensively how the richest and the second richest countries in the world behave because unless they either fall into the Thucydides Trap
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It is impossible to look away from what the Israeli government is doing to Palestinians not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank. Waves of Israeli aircraft pummel Gaza, destroying
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INTRODUCTION The Global South as a critical concept has three primary definitions. First, it has traditionally been used within intergovernmental development organizations –– primarily those that originated in the Movement Movement ––
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Introduction Throughout history minorities have faced with discrimination discriminations, of different forms, based on language, clans, tribes, and most importantly religion. Intra-religion conflicts have been known throughout history. Famous are the conflicts
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From 9 to 15 October, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank held their annual joint meeting in Marrakech (Morocco). The last time that these two Bretton Woods institutions met on African soil
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“Do not use our death and our pain to bring the death and pain of other people and other families…” Israeli peace activist Noy Katsman (eulogy for his brother Hayim Katsman murdered
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This week, from 14–18 October, the Dilemmas of Humanity conference brought together political leaders, activists, and organic intellectuals from around the world to discuss the central problems facing humanity today and strengthen proposals to
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Absolutely nothing can justify any form of violence, whether it’s physical or psychological. Paradoxically, violence has been a tool used not just by humans, but by all living beings throughout history to
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Adherence to the UN Charter principles in their entirety and interconnection underwrite international peace and stability By Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister The recently held general political discussion during the 78th session
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