More: Politics
The (in)compatibility of Islam and Democracy
The effects of the Skyes-Picot Agreement are still being felt today. It is true that the modern Middle East is a house built by...
The Battle of Weapons Ends as the Battle of Ideas Begins
The world’s longest continuous conflict, between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (in Spanish – Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de...
The Devolution Model for Peace in Kashmir
While there may be no real evidence of a historical Moses (for the Egyptians were obsessive about recording significant events, as an exodus of...
Kashmir-A Million Pellets for a Million Stones
The other day my friend while discussing Kashmir’s worsening situation literally rebuked me for writing yet another opinion on Kashmir’s current uprising and prevailing...
Lab Rats of Pokhran Tests
Exactly four decades ago, India conducted its first nuclear test in Pokhran. Who in the world -- wherever that is -- could care less...
Hope for Resolving the Water Conflict in the Middle East
The availability of fresh water has direct impact on food and energy production, development of industry, and human survival. Fresh water resources are often...
The Surreptitious Reincarnation of COINTELPRO with the COPS Gang-Stalking Program
In 1975 Senator Frank Church convened a joint senatorial/congressional inquiry into the egregious human rights and civil liberties violations of the Central Intelligence Agency...
Trump wrong … again – This time on suicide bombing
That perception is prelude to reality is implicit. We believe it in our bones. But it is not always so, particularly in the case...
Of AFSPA and Women in Kashmir: A Perspective
Armed forced Special powers Act (1958) is indeed a draconian law given its ramifications in any conflict zone of India. Manipur’s Irom Sharmila was...
The Tragedies of Dalit Abuse and Honor Killings on the Indian Subcontinent
Young women will die and Dalits suffer unless the world takes notice and forces governments to act What price honor? Two fathers, heads of...