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A few years ago I climbed over a gate and found myself gazing down at a valley. After I’d been walking for a few minutes, looking at the fields and the sky, there was a shift in my perception. Everything…

The majority of people in Bangladesh are in the dark and groping in the wild to understand what the much-talked-about “July National Charter” is about, a political roadmap for democratic transition, at the behest of the Interim Government. A genuine…

The US was most responsible for the Ukrainian Conflict by refusing to reach a compromise with Russia for defusing their security dilemma, but Germany deserves as much blame as Poland and the Baltic States, perhaps even more because it was…

This importantly doesn’t equate to endorsing his controversial logic, which observers should in any case try to understand even if they disagree with it since his rationale aligns with Polish state interests. Judge Dariusz Lubowski ordered the release of the…

At the 8th Russian Energy Week (REW), a convergence of leading Russian and foreign producers and corporate executives of service companies and state officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin traditionally highlighted essential aspects of the global energy market. “Russia plans to…

With only a few weeks left before New York votes, the tone of the campaign has shifted from competition to desperation. The far right’s predictable fear-mongering has found an unlikely ally in the arrogant Democratic machinery that once served Andrew…

Recently I had a kind’ve “breakthrough” in my feelings and overall understanding of the tragedy that is the Israel/Palestine/Gaza situation. It wasn’t that I discovered anything that hasn’t been touched on before. In short, after a few years of study…

Democracy depends not just on officeholders, but on the quiet vigilance of institutional and civic actors—the novel “fourth branch” that preserves the Republic when power itself threatens systemic health. With the executive overreaching and the judiciary acquiescent, the Republic’s immune…

“Brother, I am American. You are twisting my arm.”— Man shouts “I am American” while ICE agents detain him Masked gunmen. Tasers. Tear gas. Pepper spray. Unmarked vehicles. Intimidation tactics. Brutality. Racial profiling. Children traumatized. Families terrorized. Journalists targeted. Citizens…

Fortifying the Durand Line, eliminating sleeper cell threats on Pakistan’s side, and dividing-and-ruling Afghanistan through hybrid means can ensure Pakistan’s national security instead of the invasion that the US might be putting Pakistan up to in advance of America’s geopolitical…