On 5 March 2025, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi stepped down as chief of the general staff of the Israeli military. He had held that post since 16 January 2023 and therefore led the military during its war against the...
By Biljana Vankovksa
In September 2024, a well-known media outlet from Albania reached out to me for my perspective on a recent €2.7 billion deal between France and Serbia, signed by Presidents Macron and Vučić, to provide the Serbian army...
By Ramzy Baroud
Image by Manny Becerra
My journey into the realm of people’s history began during my teenage years when I first read Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. This initial exposure sparked my curiosity about how...
By Scaria CherianThe terrain of international relations is shaped by shifting interests, conflicts and contradictions. Nations often set aside ideological divisions and political disputes to establish bilateral ties and strategic partnerships. The recent phone call between American President Donald...
A joint political effort at the highest level between Delhi and Chennai, combined with community education and awareness about cultural sensitivities, may be the solution to resolving this perennial dispute that has strained bilateral relations between India and Sri...
By Desiree Dawson
In her graphic novel Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, scholar and activist Rebecca Hall shifts the narrative of the transatlantic slave trade, highlighting the power of women during these times. Hall argues that...
Kerala, with its advanced demographic transition, has one of the highest proportions of elderly population in India, with over 16% of its residents aged 60 and above. The state’s notable achievements in healthcare, literacy, and life expectancy have contributed...
DONALD Trump’s foreign policy has left commentators in a real tizzy. His markedly differing positions with regard to Ukraine and Gaza, in the first case apparently pursuing peace, and in the second asking for ethnic cleansing of an entire...
Guess, what was/is unique to communism in Sri Lanka? When left politics elsewhere merrily adopted the unwritten code of ‘atheism’ written into their very being at the very beginning, here alone it’s different. So, is the question of ‘nationalism’...
Corruption cases, issues and matters are rife within the country and worldwide. While international relations and diplomacy preoccupies foreign affairs, domestic problems and challenges to government and governance have local and global phenomena. In this regard, corruption is a...
