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Politics as Reflection: Even in an Election Year, Real Change Must Come From “Below”
"What is the good of passing from one untenable position to another,
of seeking justification always on the same plane?"-Samuel Beckett, Endgame
Again and again, in...
Undestanding the Gulf States: The European Perspective
Mitchell Belfer is President of the Euro-Gulf Information Centre, a
Rome-based organization that is engaged in building political and economic
bridges between European countries and the...
The puzzle in the U.S. Democratic Party is complicated
Although polls in the United States show Joe Biden outnumbering other
Democratic candidates, Biden is still concerned about the likelihood of rising
US senator Bernie Sanders....
Indonesia abandoning its Capital ?
I have
almost always lived in capital cities. I was born in New Delhi, resided in
London, Prague (before Czechoslovakia split in 1993), Budapest, Rome, Bonn
(long...
Emptiness and consciousness: Still unseen limits of American politics
“Conscious of his
emptiness, a man tries to make a faith for himself in the political realm. In
vain.”-Karl Jaspers, “Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time”...
Creating a Future: Nationalism, Patriotism and Global “Oneness”
"What does not benefit the entire hive is no
benefit to the bee."-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Sometimes, truth can
be both counter-intuitive and bitterly ironic. Although Americans have...
Protest: The King is dead, long live the king
Protest is back on the front burner.
Protesters occupy streets in cities ranging from Hong Kong and Moscow to
Khartoum and Algiers. They would likely do...
Boris the last Prime Minister of a united United Kingdom?
Given the media representation of Boris
Johnson, it might come as a surprise to learn a few things about his
cabinet. It is the largest, at...
The Democrats’ War in New Hampshire
Sanders, Biden, Warren and Harris face tough
competition in the primary. Many US analysts believe that the victory or defeat
of either candidate in Iowa's New...
Elections, Elections & Elections
Targeted within the next 100 days are some 500 million voters around the world;
Thirty plus nations are going to elect
leaders and later...