The Fall of an Autocrat: Dawn of a New Era in Bangladesh?
The dynamics of the student-led national protests in Bangladesh have opened the doors to what it means to be a Bengali today.
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Political Warfare: Strategies for Combating China’s Plan to “Win without Fighting”
Kerry K. Gershaneck believes there is an urgent need to establish an Asian political warfare center of excellence, to investigate,…
Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia
Ben Bland’s Man of Contradictions shows how Joko Widodo’s presidency mirrors a range of modern Indonesia’s paradoxes: democracy and totalitarianism,…
Western Europe: Climate Change as Ideological Smoke-Screen
Nowhere else in the world is the public debate about climate change as much dominated by alarmism and apocalyptic thinking…
How to Read Russian Expansionism in Africa
Libya hosts Russia’s most visible recent military presence in Africa. Russia’s private military company Wagner, which supports Khalifa Haftar’s forces,…
Meet Your New Reality: Death to 2020 Is a Clever Political Satire
Death to 2020 is a cleverly written, well-executed, and well-produced TV show that reminds us of old-school satirical TV shows…
China-US Rivalries after the Afghan War
If you can’t lick ‘em, join ‘em. Share in the credit, avoid being a spoiler, and don’t have sour grapes.
On Colonialism and Solidarity: The Decisive Israel-Palestine Battle under way in Africa
Despite Israel’s sense of triumphalism, it seems that the fight for Africa is still raging, a battle of politics, ideology…
NSO’s Pegasus Scandal Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg of Israeli Spyware
NSO offers security, but it also provides infectious viruses. With its Pegasus cyberattack tool, it does not aim to make…
Contractors and Mercenaries will Live on after the US Leaves Iraq and Afghanistan
Across Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, the U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that, as at the fourth fiscal quarter of…
Dissent against Bolsonaro Runs Deeper than COVID19 Mismanagement
COVID19 may well be the moment for political change in Brazil, yet the pandemic must not obscure the reasons behind…
New Delhi’s Multilateral Approach to Afghanistan
New Delhi is now planning for the inevitable by reaching out to the Taliban.
EU Court Refuses to Address Discrimination against Muslims
The Court clarified that EU law does not impose uniform standards: member states can maintain rules that are more favorable…
The Gamesmanship of Straits in Global Politics
The Canal Istanbul will allow Ankara to regulate the maritime traffic passing through the new waterway at its own discretion,…
‘America is back’; So What? On Why the United States is Losing the World
With no actual ‘forward’ strategy, the United States, for the first time since the inception of NATO, has no decipherable…
U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Mission Accomplished?
The ideology, legacy, and constituency of Al Qaeda are still present in Afghanistan.
Indigenous Sovereignty & Canadian Settler Colonialism
So long as Canada does not recognize Indigenous sovereignty, the violence will continue, and so will Indigenous resistance and resurgence.
US-Indonesia Maritime Collaboration in the South China Sea: Harbinger of an Expanded Quad-Plus?
The prospect of an increased U.S. air-naval presence at the heart of Southeast Asia underscores to Beijing the vulnerability of…
What Indian Police Throwing of Qureshi to Death Says about Police Brutality against Muslims
Worse – nobody really knows the actual number of Muslims tortured and killed in police custody because official figures vary…
