In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
The recent hullabaloo faced by former president Ranil Wickremesinghe still continues to be a hot topic in many circles. Without focusing on the political content and hara-kiri he committed before the astute
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Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, has fled to Hong Kong amid growing speculation that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is preparing to issue an arrest warrant against him over
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Thousands of Nepalese have taken to the streets, demanding the restoration of the monarchy nearly 17 years after its dissolution. Former King Gyanendra Shah, who was forced to abdicate in 2008 following
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Through the past three year period, Moscow claimed that it faced an existential threat from the US-led proxy war in Ukraine. But in the past six weeks, this threat perception has largely
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The only local government institution that the JVP has ever won in Sri Lanka’s local government history is the Tissamaharama Pradeshiya Sabha. The JVP secured victory in the Tissa Pradeshiya Sabha during
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The UK government has announced a significant overhaul of Whitehall, introducing measures to streamline the civil service, enforce stricter performance monitoring, and implement performance-related pay for senior officials. The reforms aim to
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China’s ongoing “two sessions” have once again highlighted its steadfast commitment to working with all countries to uphold international equity and justice, and safeguard world peace and stability in a world of
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Al Jazeera last week released, after some delay, an interview with former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, conducted in London some weeks ago. It is now on You Tube and is bound to go
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Professor Parkinson was so right. In the 1950s, a mild-mannered British naval historian named Cyril Northcote Parkinson stuck a devastating blow against bureaucracy. His crucial analysis is even truer today than when The
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The involvement of external forces in the internal politics of sovereign nations remains a contentious issue in global affairs, and Bangladesh has recently become a focal point of this debate. Professor Jeffrey
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Romanian prosecutors have arrested six men on charges of treason for allegedly conspiring with Russian agents to overthrow the government. The group, named “Vlad the Impaler Command” after Romania’s medieval ruler, reportedly
More I’ve watched Mehdi Hasan before—he is always aggressive and combative. But even by his usual standards, his interview with Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW) was deeply premeditated. This wasn’t about getting answers. It wasn’t
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by Our Correspondent in London Al Jazeera’s Head to Head is marketed as a show where tough questions are asked, and the powerful are held accountable. But in the case of Mehdi
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Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality. The segmentation and specialization of industrial production required written recordkeeping,
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In a dramatic push to shrink the federal government, the Trump administration has reportedly identified 443 federal buildings, including major agency headquarters, as potential candidates for sale. According to Reuters, the General
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