Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published in The New Yorker two months after 9/11. The tragedy re-engineered the West while imposing a huge cost on the rest of the world. Twenty-five
“This isn’t just about Palestine, it’s about everyone’s right to dissent…” ~ Clare Hinchcliffe (Middle East Eye – 20.3.2025). Zoë Rogers is 21, English, a dog-lover. In August 2024, she, together with
More
Nobody is complaining anymore about Latin America and the Caribbean being neglected by the hegemon to the north. The Trump administration is contending with it on multiple fronts: prioritizing “massive deportations,” halting
More
Slavoj Žižek, ever the firebrand philosopher and provocateur, has once again yanked at the frayed threads of liberal democracy in a bombshell interview with the BBC. Declaring the arrival of a “new
More
Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Amarjit Singh Dulat has called for a renewed diplomatic push between India and Pakistan, stating that “we must move forward with Pakistan,” during the launch
More
The following article was originally printed in a supplement published by Ceylon Today, a Colombo-based daily newspaper. by A Special Correspondent Following the submmsion of the FBI’s sworn affidavit on the 2019
More
Historically, US Presidential elections have had low voter turn outs, generally around 60%. On the average, Presidents winning elections have received around 48 -50 % of that vote, effectively, around 30-35% of
More
As tensions escalate in the latest round of U.S.-China trade hostilities, a growing sense of finality seems to have taken hold in Beijing. According to a recent in-depth report by ZEIT, the
More
The U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed plans to visit the United Kingdom this September at the personal invitation of King Charles III, marking what would be an unprecedented second state visit
More
It’s clear that among the chief drivers of Trumpism and populist movements more generally are the changes in gender relations that have taken place over the past 50 years. One of the
More
A significant hurdle has emerged in the ongoing saga surrounding the Chagos Islands, as the UK government has admitted that it is unlikely that Chagossians will be able to return to their
More