Morocco is entering a more assertive phase of its foreign policy, buoyed by international backing that has strengthened Rabat’s confidence and encouraged it to revisit questions of territorial sovereignty beyond the Western
“Chabad wants to play a two-faced game, backing Israel’s most fanatic settlers on annexation but maintaining its non-political Jewish outreach image and funding…” ~ Rabbi Erich H Yoffie (Haaretz – 18. 6.2020)
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by Luxman Aravind Sri Lanka’s latest controversy over Chabad Houses has become something far more revealing than a dispute over a religious centre in a tourist town. It is becoming a case
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“Here I have shaken down a money tree. Now come and collect what you can…” S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike uttered these words at a public rally held to secure the victory of Henry Abeywickrama,
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Five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan is no longer defined by the nationwide war that consumed it for two decades. The Taliban controls the country, large-scale fighting has receded,
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A court in Hong Kong has convicted two organisers of annual vigils commemorating the bloody suppression of the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Beijing, further narrowing the space for public remembrance of an
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There is a certain comfort in the stories that empires tell about themselves. In these stories, capitalism appears as the natural flowering of European ingenuity – the product of reason, scientific discovery,
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Several years ago, psychiatrist Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell began noticing a striking change among teenage girls and young women arriving for their first psychiatric sessions. Instead of waiting anxiously to hear whether a professional
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A Harvard-led team has developed a method for keeping human brain organoids alive and developing for years, opening new possibilities for studying brain development, neurological disease and potential treatments. A team led
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Pakistan’s textile and garment industry is entering a period in which competitiveness will depend on more than low production costs and manufacturing capacity. As international buyers place greater emphasis on labour rights,
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This week marks five years since the fall of Kabul to Taliban rule, an anniversary that closes one chapter of Afghanistan’s modern history while highlighting the unresolved consequences of the country’s isolation.
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