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Horse Races
Tomorrow is Derby day.
Lexington, Kentucky presents its annual festival of the best
thoroughbreds. Out of them will emerge a
winner, without one hopes the not infrequent...
The Aching Heart and the Blinking Eye
Agreed, by the fact that democracy happens
to the form of government that by common consent can resolve all issues that
fall in the domain of...
The Fall of the Social State and Rise of Neo-liberalism
European
integration has been transformed into neo-liberal project when the economic
crisis and global competition were strengthened starting from 1970s. There were
other important occurrences which caused...
Economic Principles of Electoral Behavior in India
Though the critical functions of money in
sustaining the economic system as a medium of exchange, unit of account and
store of value is well known,...
The Deep Forces Preventing Reform in Malaysia
The Pakatan Harapan coalition general
election victory almost a year ago was supposed to herald a new reform era in a
country spavined by corruption, cronyism...
Battling for the Future: Arab Protests 2.0
Momentous developments across Arab North and East Africa suggest the
long-drawn-out process of political transition in the region as well as the
greater Middle East is...
Lost Malaysian Hopes and the Pakatan Catch 22
It took the
Malaysian opposition more than a generation to topple the Barisan Nasional government,
led by the now-discredited United Malays National Organization. Throughout
mosques, coffee shops...
The Only Way To Solve America’s Immigration Border Crisis Without Losing Its Humanity
The United
States of America is under unprecedented turmoil these days over its border
crisis problem with Mexico, more with the political forces at work both...
Does the Regime change in Algeria and Sudan signals the advent of “Arab Spring 2.0”?
With the ouster of Abdelaziz Bouteflika as the president of Algeria and
removal of Omar al-Bashir, as the president of Sudan – some scholars are
arguing...
Illiberals and autocrats unite to craft a new world media order
Underlying global efforts
to counter fake news, psychological warfare and malicious manipulation of
public opinion is a far more fundamental battle: the global campaign by
civilisationalists, autocrats,...