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Power is a drug – What China is the U.S. fighting against?
At the basement floor of the Chinese
National museum in Beijing, there’s a curated collection of China’s imperial
history from antiquity to the fall of the...
Scandinavia Veers Left plus D-Day Reflections as Trump Storms Europe
Mette
Frederiksen of the five-party Social Democrat bloc won 91 of the 169 seats in
the Danish parliament ending the rule of the right-wing Liberal Party...
Pointless Colonial Massacres and Post-Colonial Wars and Killings on the Indian Subcontinent
Two colonial mass killings from the
twentieth century are always remembered: The Qissa Khwani
Bazaar massacre on April 23, 1930 in
Peshawar (then India, now in Pakistan)...
The feminist inspiration of Mona Lisa
This year marks the 500th anniversary of the death of the Italian
genius, Leonardo da Vinci, who died on 02 May 1519. On this occasion,...
China 70 years from now
In my opinion, after
the 19thCPC National Congress, two changes characterize the new form
of Communist China: the amendment to the Party’s Constitution, with the phrase
"Xi...
Russians Need to Question their Foreign Policy
Open, public discussion on Russian
official foreign policy has been rarely seen in Russian history, due largely to
the common perception that the government correctly understands...
Jammu & Kashmir: What happens if India repeals Articles 35-A and 370 of its Constitution?
India’s Union minister Jaitley declared, `Article 35 A was “surreptitiously” included in the Indian Constitution. It was
a “historical blunder” committed by Jawaharlal Nehru”’....
Full Re-opening Of Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
Mandarin Oriental Hyde
Park, London will re-open in its entirety on Monday 15 April 2019, having
completed the most extensive restoration in its 117-year history.
Following the...
Azerbaijan’s Folly in Tehran
The war between Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a peak
just after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. In this battle for the
sovereignty of the Armenian-majority...
Jinnah’s vision in India-Pakistan context
Pakistan
came into being on August 14, 1947, despite incessant opposition by Indian
National Congress and her allies. At its birth Pakistan was faced with
apparently insurmountable...