Does rente hinder democracy in Algeria
A rapid
look around the world demonstrates that few rentier countries can be classified
as democratic states, especially those in the MENA region; therefore, scholars
have suggested...
Connectivity Italian Style
Xi Jinping’s historic visit to
Italy on March 21–23, 2019 was marked by the signing of a memorandum on Italy’s
joining the Chinese Belt and Road...
India’s Belligerence in Kashmir
Love begets love, tyranny gives birth to tyranny
Kashmir, a
valley, where humanity is bleeding, the valley itself is burning with the
brutality of Indian occupation forces,...
The fallacy of soccer’s magical bridge-building qualities
Imagining
himself as a peacemaker in a conflict-ridden part of the world, FIFA President
Gianni Infantino sees a 2022 World Cup shared by Qatar with its...
China’s great geostrategy for trade and defense
The primary
policy line of the People's Republic of China, above all at sea level, is to
defend its strategic and military interests, but anyway without...
A peek into India’s 2019 elections: Past trends and portents
A bird’s-eye view
Some 814 million voters speaking 1,652
languages will vote in 900,000 voting centers across the country over 35 days
in 2019. India’s imminent (April...
The Track to Prosperity
The world
is rebalancing and one of the key gears of this shift is that the tide has
turned towards eastern hemisphere. The world is being...
Ukrainian Presidential Elections 2019
The
Ukrainian people had made historic choices for independence, democracy and the
free market more than a quarter century ago, but they have only partially
achieved their...
Syrian Coup de Grâce
The Middle
Eastern land has a diverse blend of history with conflicts and developments in
knowledge. Where on one hand Baghdad was considered as the realm...
China’s Diplomatic Tightrope Amidst Rising Indo-Pak Tensions
Since the dramatic rise in Indo-Pak
tensions earlier this month, the entire South Asian region has once again been
propelled on to the international forefront amidst...