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Championing Youth in Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution: A Collaborative Initiative by APPSAM and BCU

BAGUIO CITY – On October 17, 2025, the DepEd Teachers’ Camp served as the venue for the assembly and talent fest of over 700 high school student leaders from the Association of Philippine Private School Administrators and Mentors (APPSAM) who…

A Historic Final: Pakistan vs Bangladesh — Football as a Bridge of Peace in South Asia

The Triangular Inter-Universities Peace and Non-Violence Football Tournament marked a defining moment in South Asian youth diplomacy. Played between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the vibrant football ground of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, the final match attracted an extraordinary crowd. Students…

Japan’s Push Toward “Aggressive Militarist Ambitions” Raises Alarms for Asia-Pacific and World Peace

By Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has triggered a sharp political storm across East Asia through her recent, highly provocative comments suggesting that a conflict in the Taiwan Strait could meet Japan’s criteria for a…

Pragjyotishpur  Litfest 2025: PLF awards go to Moneswar Deori, Srotashwini Tamuli

Guwahati: The Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2025, concluding this evening at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the city, witnessed four intriguing sessions on the second day, where the interaction with eminent actor and playwright, Prithwiraj Rabha, who spoke about his  father, Kalaguru…

Highlights From Lavrov’s Interview That A Leading Italian Newspaper Refused To Publish

Lavrov did indeed inject some predictable polemics into his answers, which is his style as anyone who follows him knows, but those aren’t legitimate grounds not to publish his interview. Leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera scandalously refused to publish…

South Asian regional significance of Indian PM Modi’s Bhutan visit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bhutan from November 11-12 comes at a delicate moment for South Asia, a region navigating economic pressures, domestic political transitions, and the strategic uncertainty brought by shifting major-power relations. While India and Bhutan…

Obama, Biden and Trump: Changing U.S. Policy towards Africa

In this exclusive interview, Professor David Shinn, a former top U.S. diplomat and now an Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs, discussed Washington’s changing policy initiatives for Africa, from Obama through Biden…

International Day for Tolerance

November 16 is the “International Day for Tolerance“. Tolerance is a key value in our lives, and there are some famous quotes about it, such as this one by Albert Einstein: “I could say analogously that tolerance is the affable appreciation…

Statement of the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. for COP30 on Loss and Damage, Accountability, and Genuine Pathways to Climate Justice

The forthcoming COP30 convenes at a time when millions of our fellow Filipinos are grappling with seemingly unrelenting climate disasters: the recent super-typhoon that ravaged our coastlines and communities, successive earthquakes and floodings that claimed hundreds of lives, devastated ecosystems,…

Chaos: The Trump Doctrine for Latin America

The US, under Trump, is unapologetically an empire operating without pretense. International law is for losers. A newly minted War Department, deploying the most lethal killing machine in world history, need not hide behind the sham of promoting democracy. By…

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