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The Policy of Sanctions and the Golden Horde Legacy
The modern policy of sanctions resembles, to some extent, the management practices of the Mongol Golden Horde. One of its elements was a system of labels (jarligs), orders, or permissions that...
Iraq Must Recognize Assyrians as its Indigenous People
Assyrians are the descendants of the ancient Assyrians. They are historically, culturally, and spiritually tied to northern Mesopotamia, a region that is located from...
The two Punjabs
Even in the midst of tensions between India and Pakistan, people to people linkages between both countries - with both Punjabs (Indian and Pakistani)...
A Glimpse of The Middle Class in Ancient Egypt and its Lesson
It is a tidy fact that history is written not of the common people and their circumstances but of the rulers, their families, their...
Heroes and American Politics
From the time America gained independence, a lot has been discussed about heroes. Politicians may define a hero as someone who supports their political...
Destruction Of The Body
The body is the basic vessel of human existence in the world and man’s basic connection to the world. It is not a natural...
Endgame: Time, History and Alternative World Futures
Hamm: “What time is it?”
Clov: “The same as usual.”
Samuel Beckett, Endgame
When studying history, it becomes difficult to distinguish endings from beginnings. Though it should...
Munich Olympics give way to Soccer v. Jihad
In many ways, the Black September attack on the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 discloses little about the evolution of the targeting of...
Economic Sanctions As An Act Of War
The outbreak of the Russo-Ukraine war in 2022 saw the imposition of one of the most comprehensive international economic sanctions on any country in...
Vietnam’s role in eliminating Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
Right from the time of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam has adopted a liberal socialist welfare state emulating the erstwhile USSR. Within the historical narrative...