Classical Literature

October 11, 2024

S. Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. The announcement made Han the first South Korean writer to win this

The Tragedy of Our Times: Can Ancient Classics Teach Us Something?

So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody and unnatural acts Of accidental judgments Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall’n on th’ inventors’ heads ~ William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet,

September 3, 2024

The Time Warp — A Short Story

Diplomacy/Education

It was 1974: my first year in the faculty of law. The road leading from the law library to the faculty stretched ahead, its

The Time Warp — A Short Story

November 24, 2024

Diplomacy/Education

It was 1974: my first year in the faculty of law. The road leading from the law library to the faculty stretched ahead, its asphalt ominously hot under the sweltering Sun. I

S. Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in Literature

October 11, 2024

South Korean author Han Kang has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. The announcement made Han the first South Korean writer to win this

The Tragedy of Our Times: Can Ancient Classics Teach Us Something?

September 3, 2024

So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody and unnatural acts Of accidental judgments Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall’n on th’ inventors’

Munir’s Zia Moment?

Pakistan is in a state of poly-crises and is hardly

Mali’s Hostage Deals Mask a War That Is Getting Worse

Recent hostage releases across the Sahel have produced striking moments

Israel’s ‘Minister of Hate’ Turns Extremism into Policy

The latest remarks by Israel’s Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have

Europe’s New Deal with Libya’s Warlords

The officials at Frontex headquarters in Warsaw are accustomed to

The Madman in the Casa Rosada

The truth is that I had promised myself I would

Whose Independence? Whose India?

Every August 15, India presents a familiar image to the

The Ugliness of Latin America’s Angry Tide

In August, right-wing billionaire Abelardo de la Espriella took office

When Reason Changes State

In 1799, Francisco de Goya published Los Caprichos. Among his engravings

Jason Arday: The Price of Woke Academia

The death of Jason Arday, the former Professor of Sociology

The Strait of Hormuz Is No Longer Iran’s Only Weapon

The Strait of Hormuz has long been one of the

Argentina: The Streets Put a Stop to Milei’s Plundering

Javier Milei’s government recently suffered a double defeat. The first

The Slow Unravelling of Arunachal’s Insurgency

On August 7, 2026, four cadres of United Liberation Front

Europe’s Drought Is Becoming an Economic Shock

At Europe’s biggest and busiest port, the consequences of a

Asia’s Terror Threat Deepens as Global Extremist Networks Adapt

The terrorist threat confronting Asia is becoming more complex even

Five Years After Kabul Fell, Afghanistan Remains in Limbo

The world witnessed the fall of the Afghan republic on