One of the regional heavyweights in South Asia after India, Pakistan is making headlines on the issues of political instability, economic crises and non-traditional security threats. A recent jail sentence of 10 years has been meted out to a...
Israel has outlined plans for the post-Hamas Gaza Strip Administration. It wants total security to be ensured. Israel in this plan has proposed the Palestinian Authority to take charge of the territory with a multinational force to rebuild the...
Any homo academicus or academic human comes to contact with knowledge systems concomitant with power systems - political, economic, social, cultural, scientific and technological. A recent congressional committee in the United States had intered Presidents of Ivy League universities...
A recent wave of violence on both sides of Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip resulted in more than 17000 deaths of Palestinians and 1200 Israelis. The world witnessed a pleasant moment when a seven-day truce released hostages and prisoners...
Politics around the world suggests two major features: nations either adopt autocratic methods or engage in democratic practices. The foundations of politics start with human nature and the state of nature. Human nature encompasses both positive and negative aspects....
I consider the world was in an interregnum from 1990 to 2001. A bipolar world dominated by the West and the Soviet Union ended. A triumph of liberal democracy did not ensure world order. There were disorders at domestic...
By Steve Taylor and Orin Langelle
Photo CreditValued for its termite-resistant wood for building purposes, pulp to create products like writing and toilet paper, and its oil, which has numerous health and household benefits, the eucalyptus tree generates big business...
MANY economists have been advocating a universal basic income for India, an idea that was mooted even in the official Economic Survey for 2016-17. Of course the practical proposals towards this end have varied, some suggesting a common universal...
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Ghosts of Fascism
The long shadow of domestic fascism, defined as a project of racial and cultural cleansing, is with us once again both in North America and abroad. Educators have seen the...
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Alain Touraine, a highly revered French sociologist who died on June 9, was widely recognized for his profound insights and scholarly contributions in the realm of Social Sciences. Touraine's intellectual acumen transcended geographical boundaries, leaving...
