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
“Language can become a screen which stands between the thinker and reality. This is the reason why true creativity often starts where language ends.” — Arthur Koestler, The Act of Creation Last
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These days, one hears the term “just war” used regularly in geopolitical terms. The question “what is a just war” has haunted the conscience of humankind for centuries, oscillating between the moral
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From decades of Maoist guerrilla warfare and isolation to rebuilding, returning villagers, and expanding state presence, central India’s Bastar region is being reshaped in what officials call the collapse of one of
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Thamirabarani River (Sanskrit: Tāmraparṇī), is located in the Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu, South India. It is on the southeast coast of India, and it sits directly across the Gulf of Mannar from the north-western coast of
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As you and I worry about how war and inflation will impact our families and nations, bond traders are fixated on the numbers on their screens, calculating what might happen to seemingly
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The Current Crisis The recurrent spectre of a United States–led blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has once again propelled into sharp relief the fragile equilibrium between the freedom of navigation and
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The War of the World It is spring 2026. Since February 28, Iran has faced what Washington calls Operation Epic Fury and Tel Aviv Operation Roaring Lion. An American-Israeli military coalition
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At the end of Hannah Arendt’s 1970 interview with Adelbert Reif, she offers some of her most direct thoughts on our political predicaments today. Across the political spectrum, she writes, there is
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At 2:31, she walked through the tall doorway, past the two standing American flags, and stood at the podium inside the Grand Foyer of the White House. She was there to deliver
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Note: On 7 April, after his ghastly genocidal threat that ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’, US President Donald Trump agreed to a provisional two-week ceasefire reportedly based on a set of proposals from
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“For those who believe, no proof is necessary; for those who do not believe, no proof is enough.” ~ Attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas The Revelation This essay is not meant to
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Homo Homini Sacra Res Est The Easter Sunday attacks of 21 April 2019 in Sri Lanka stand not merely as an egregious manifestation of coordinated terror, but as a profound desecration of
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Abstract The 2026 war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States constitutes a systemic rupture in the architecture of international relations. Beyond its military dimension, the conflict exposes the erosion of Western
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The skies over Iran, long dominated by overwhelming American and allied airpower, became a deadly trap on the morning of April 3, 2026. More than a month into Operation Epic Fury—a massive
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On Wednesday, after America’s NATO allies refused his call to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, a furious Donald Trump said he might withdraw the United States from the alliance. No other American president has even
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