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Is secularism dying in India?
Gauri Lankesh was shot to death on September 5, 2017. A consistent critic of Hindutva politics and right-wing Hindu extremism, the journalist-activist edited Gauri...
Is War Obsolete?
The purpose of this essay is to analyze the arguments in favor and against the obsoleteness of the war particularly after the cold war....
Can India End the Scourge of Corruption?
Records tell that India has a long distance to cover to contribute to the BRICS recent plan of working together to combat corruption. However,...
Vietnam’s Skewed Sense of Social Justice
In what is slated to become Vietnam’s largest graft case in history, nearly 50 elite bankers are on trial in Hanoi for alleged graft...
The Fundamentals of Xi Jinping’s Diplomacy
Authors: Wang Li & Zhou Dongchen More than 100 years ago, W. A. P. Martin, a widely-respected American scholar and jurist, rightly opined, “If...
A Liberal Society: An Absolute Anomaly
The murder of a senior Indian journalist and activist, Gauri Lankesh, brought to the fore the fragility of a liberal society. Although the motive...
Denial of Humanitarian Aid in Myanmar a Crime under International Law?
As the world remains shocked at the atrocities committed against civilians in the northern Rakhine state, Myanmar government has once again blocked all aid...
Iranian-Syrian World Cup qualifier ripples far beyond the pitch
A nail-biting Iranian-Syrian World Cup qualifier has sent political ripples far beyond the Azadi Stadium’s soccer pitch in Tehran. In a boost for the...
Kurdish Referendum: More Military Threats to Independent Kurdistan
Despite the opposition of the central government in Baghdad, Kurdish political parties agreed to hold a referendum in the region on September 25th, 2017....
NATO makes Latvia vulnerable
Latvia along with Lithuania and Estonia is at the junction of the geopolitical interests of the United States (representing NATO) and Russia. In fact...