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Will Mexico Go Down the Populist Route in 2018?

In less than a year time Mexico will have its presidential election and the country may well elect leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)...

Malaysian launderette owner stirs Asian hornet’s nest

Uproar about a launderette owner’s decision to bar non-Muslims from using his service has focused a spotlight on broader discriminatory attitudes in Malaysian society...

Germany that kills itself and Europe

“The over-financialization and hyper-deregulations of the global(-ized) markets has brought the low-waged Chinese (peasant converted into a) worker into the spotlight of European considerations....

Concerted efforts in Energy Research and Entrepreneurship needed for Energy Security in India

On the occasion of 6th Convocation of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) at Gandhinagar, India held on 23rd September 2017, Honb’le Minister of Petroleum...

Trump at the UN: Bellicosity and its Costs

To say Donald Trump's UN speech last week was an embarrassment for his country is to understate the case; to say it made the...

President Trump’s UN Speech: Where Idealism Meets Pragmatism

Last week saw the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly where world leaders descended upon New York to give their customary speeches, condemn...

Testing the waters: Saudi women get one-time access to a stadium

Saudi Arabia's 85th birthday could prove to be historic -- one that could put to the test opposition to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's...

Seven Reasons Why Climate Change Is Not a Hoax, Mr. Trump

REASON #1:  Consider the category 4 and 5 hurricanes that have developed in one season -- the intensity attributed to climate change.  The latest,...

The Plight of Rohingyas – Who is Responsible?

A leading national daily in Nepal recently posted about an art exhibition targeted towards helping the Rohingya community. While this sounded far-fetched at first,...

The crisis of the Italian ruling class

No political, decision-making and economic crisis is devoid of cultural and spiritual implications. Moreover, the traits of this new and so-called elite are superficiality;...

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