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13 hours ago6 min read

Why Are Thousands of Jews Leaving Israel?

Leaving Israel is easier, Shira Z. Carmel thinks, by saying it's just for now. But she knows better. For the Israeli-born singer and an...

Why Is Israel Interested In the Golan Heights?

Ruddhi Phadke

3 days ago4 min read

Global

Why Is Israel Interested In the Golan Heights?

It’s been not just two weeks since the Syrian rebels sprung into a spree of excitement and joy of freedom with celebratory tunes being...

The Long Road Ahead: Foreign Motivations in a Post-Assad Syria

Shoumojit Banerjee

3 days ago5 min read

Global

The Long Road Ahead: Foreign Motivations in a Post-Assad Syria

As the house of Assad collapses, Syria’s great tragedy could be that it is not left to rebuild in peace In the final chapter of the sixth...

Priya Samant

4 days ago3 min read

Global

The Arctic - Ice on Fire!

Last week, Norway revealed its intention to establish a new joint warfare centre with NATO to train US, British, and Dutch marines in...

The Arab Spring: Democracy’s Dream and its Unfinished Business

Ruddhi Phadke

4 days ago5 min read

Global

The Arab Spring: Democracy’s Dream and its Unfinished Business

Thirteen years after the Arab Spring, the price of freedom across West Asia and the Arab world has been more chaos and instability More...

Ruddhi Phadke

5 days ago5 min read

Global

The Road Not Taken

When the Arab Spring erupted in 2011, it swept across North Africa and the Middle East like a tidal wave of discontent. Tunisia ignited...

Rajeev Puri

Dec 54 min read

Global

Pakistan’s Perpetual Puppeteer

Every leader in Islamabad eventually learns the lesson that the benefactor is always stronger than the beneficiary. On November 27,...

Shoumojit Banerjee

Nov 284 min read

Global

The ICC Roars, but Can It Bite?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime...

The Berlin Wall: 35 Years On, a City Still Divided by Memory

Mamta Chitnis-Sen

Nov 223 min read

Global

The Berlin Wall: 35 Years On, a City Still Divided by Memory

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, was more than the end of a Cold War relic; it was a thunderclap of freedom that...

1976, A Space Odyssey: Did Earth Bring Doom to Mars?

Shoumojit Banerjee

Nov 214 min read

Global

1976, A Space Odyssey: Did Earth Bring Doom to Mars?

In H.G. Wells’ classic War of the Worlds (1898), Earth narrowly survives an invasion from Mars, thanks to its smallest residents -...

High-Wire Act: Navigating the China Dilemma in Tough Times

Ruddhi Phadke

Nov 185 min read

Global

High-Wire Act: Navigating the China Dilemma in Tough Times

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (R) with Qi Zhennhong, the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka at the Presidential Secretariat. Anura...

Indonesia’s Capital Shift from Jakarta to Nusantara

Sumant Vidwans

Nov 183 min read

Global

Indonesia’s Capital Shift from Jakarta to Nusantara

Indonesia is relocating its national capital to a new city called Nusantara, located in East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The...

Dissanayake’s Landslide and What it Means for India

Ruddhi Phadke

Nov 175 min read

Global

Dissanayake’s Landslide and What it Means for India

In a decisive victory that surprised few, Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) party, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake,...

Biggest Crisis: Searching for a Saviour Amidst Economic Ruin

Ruddhi Phadke

Nov 165 min read

Global

Biggest Crisis: Searching for a Saviour Amidst Economic Ruin

Sri Lanka’s economic downfall is a complex tale, entwined with corruption, mismanagement, and geopolitical miscalculations. At the heart...

The Trump Card: Why India Should Cheer His Return to the White House

Rajeev Puri

Nov 164 min read

Global

The Trump Card: Why India Should Cheer His Return to the White House

Once again, the exit polls missed the mark. In a year where predictions leaned heavily in favour of Kamala Harris - first as the...

Dissanayake’s Moment: The Catholic Vote and Sri Lanka’s Political Reckoning

Ruddhi Phadke

Nov 155 min read

Global

Dissanayake’s Moment: The Catholic Vote and Sri Lanka’s Political Reckoning

In Sri Lanka, the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings of 2019 continues to reverberate, influencing not only national security policy...

When the Storm Knocks Twice: A World Caught in the Climate Crosshairs

Kaswar Klasra

Nov 154 min read

Global

When the Storm Knocks Twice: A World Caught in the Climate Crosshairs

Mukhtar Babayev, COP29 President, speaks during the opening plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. The...

A Battle for Sri Lanka’s Future: Will Reforms Trump Patronage?

Ruddhi Phadke

Nov 145 min read

Global

A Battle for Sri Lanka’s Future: Will Reforms Trump Patronage?

Sri Lanka is on the brink of another defining electoral chapter. Almost two months since the dissolution of the 16th Parliament on...

How Radical Wokeness Derailed Journalism in the 2024 U.S. Election

Shoumojit Banerjee

Nov 144 min read

Global

How Radical Wokeness Derailed Journalism in the 2024 U.S. Election

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s remarkable victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, one might expect the so-called ‘liberals’...

Ahoo Daryaei: Student Who Stripped for Freedom

Ruddhi Phadke

Nov 103 min read

Global

Ahoo Daryaei: Student Who Stripped for Freedom

On an ordinary day at Tehran’s prestigious Islamic Azad University, a student’s act of protest sent shockwaves across the globe. In a...