Walden Bello
Photograph Source: Gage Skidmore – CC BY-SA 2.0
I think that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been misinformed. I don’t disagree with their shutting down USAID, but I think it’s rather small fry. There...
A recent article by Shashi Tharoor, Congress MP and former Minister, "Changing Kerala: Lumbering Jumbo to a Lithe Tiger" (Indian Express, 14 Feb 2025), has sparked considerable controversy. Despite the critical reception, Tharoor has defended his arguments, suggesting that...
UNDER late capitalism, there is an assault on the working people that is reminiscent of early capitalism and this assault is worldwide, not just in the third world but in the advanced capitalist countries as well. This assault is...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L ) and US President Donald Trump at their last meeting, Osaka, Japan, 28–29 June 2019
What emerges from the dramatic happenings of the past week is that the 3-year chronicle of US-Russia rivalry and the NATO’s proxy...
Political society professes zero tolerance for corruption. But translating such political rhetoric often into tangible and impact-making enforcement is feeble. Political and administrative willpower are inadequate to redress its cause and scourge. We can take note of the temptation...
Jamal Kanj
The release of three Israeli women held captive in Gaza on Sunday attracted significant global media attention. However, there was comparatively limited coverage of the freed Palestinian women, who had been kidnapped and detained by Israel without...
Public policy is an essential policy in the statecraft related to prudent, judicious and timely management of public and international affairs. It is the appropriate policy required under the division of functions of the government that are based on...
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is seeking $1.9 billion for 2025 to save the lives and livelihoods of some of the world's most food-insecure populations, as acute hunger tightens its grip across the...
Despite decades of reservation policies aimed at addressing historical injustices, the socio-economic condition of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in India remains dire, as highlighted by Sukhadeo Thorat, former Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Professor Emeritus at Jawaharlal...
Robert F. Barsky
Photograph Source: Augusto Starita / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación – CC BY-SA 2.0
Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s most famous and respected intellectuals, will be 96 years old on Dec. 7, 2024. For more than...
