Why people become politically engaged when the personal costs can be real and the right course of action is rarely certain. Drawing on Albert Camus, Václav Havel and Jan Patočka, it presents
Why people become politically engaged when the personal costs can be real and the right course of action is rarely certain. Drawing on Albert Camus, Václav Havel and Jan Patočka, it presents
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called on Sri Lankans to accept sacrifice and hard work for the sake of rebuilding the country, invoking China’s experience as an
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The self-immolation of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen (Lobsang Palden) outside the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York on July 2, 2026, triggered renewed protests and solidarity actions among Tibetan communities and
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has rejected reports that it could enter into a political accommodation with the government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, with senior
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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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Germany’s nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD), long in opposition and labeled “right-wing extremist” by the country’s domestic intelligence agency, is positioning itself to take power in state governments for the first time,
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Tehran witnessed a series of tense developments as Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence conducted a nighttime raid at the dormitory of Shahid Beheshti University, arresting several students suspected of collaborating with foreign agencies
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Two popular figures in Nepalese politics have joined forces ahead of the March 5 parliamentary elections, setting up a potential challenge to parties that have dominated the Himalayan nation for more than
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Shortly before he died just over a year ago, Jerry Kohn called me up to discuss how we should mark the 50th anniversary of Hannah Arendt’s passing. As Arendt’s good friend, her
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Slavoj Žižek is one of the most popular critics of political correctness (PC) from the ‘left.’ It is a topic he addresses in numerous books and popular articles. While the general spirit
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There is a deep conviction that if we all knew and agreed upon the truth — the truth about global warming, the truth about God, the truth about transgender biology, the truth
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by Durga Velayudham The greatest tragedy in writing about other people’s suffering is when an author arrives not to understand, but to confirm a story she has already sold. Sonia Faleiro an
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by Our Correspondent in Dhaka Update 2The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka has sentenced former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on two charges of crimes against humanity linked to
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Last July, a powerful student-led uprising in Bangladesh toppled the authoritarian, corrupt government led for 15 years by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh now shows modest signs of democratic recovery. Months into its tenure,
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The West has long cherished political correctness as though it were a core democratic value. This drive to ‘civilise’ public discourse has been especially aimed at illiberal democracies or post-socialist societies that are
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