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Elon Musk Is a Mouthpiece for South Africa's White Far Right

Elon Musk is reconnecting with his country of birth.

JUNE 3. 2025

Can East Asia Show the Way?

No winners in economic war Trump's Liberation Day tariff announcement on April 2nd poses a common challenge that everyone needs to take seriously.

MAY 8. 2025

Third World needs to ditch the ‘Diplomacy of Non'

The first half of the Cold War period marked the emergence of an alternative diplomatic paradigm, one defined not by explicit ideological allegiance but by strategic detachment from the bipolar…

Trump Accord Sows Discord in US Empire

Mar-a-Lago Accord His chief economic adviser, Stephen Miran, has offered some rationale for Trump's tariffs besides promoting his ‘Mar-a-Lago Accord' plan for US imperial revival.

APRIL 28. 2025

Sri Lanka : The Rajapaksas' endless quest for power

MOST SRI LANKANS trust in the stars. Astrological pronouncements guide private lives and public affairs, from the naming of a new-born to the timing of an election.

APRIL 24. 2025

On ‘Moral Panic' and the Courage to Speak: The West's Silence on Gaza

The responses in the Western world to the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank raise a troubling question : why is the official West, and official Western Europe in particular, so…

APRIL 22. 2025

What Comes After Globalization?

Donald Trump is back in power, and, to put it mildly, he's no fan of globalization.

Unmasking Memories of Feminist Anti-Imperialist Movement: Where Were the Women in Bandung Conference?

In looking at global history, feminists often question : where were the women ? What barriers did they face in the world of diplomacy ? What were their struggles in post-World War II reality ?

Trump Wants World to Subsidise US Empire

Donald Trump's top economic advisor claims the President has weaponised tariffs to ‘persuade' other nations to pay the US to maintain its supposedly mutually beneficial global empire.

APRIL 15. 2025

The incomplete end of Nepal's Hindu monarchy

In 1979, in the reign of Birendra Bir Bikram Shah, the Nepali monarchy instituted a few reforms to address popular demands for better political representation.

APRIL 8. 2025

The Better Way to Fix Foreign Aid

"Time for it to die. ” That verdict on USAID, by Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk, set off shockwaves in the aid industry and beyond.

After America: Redefining global leadership in an age of collapse

For decades, the world moved along a singular track of development laid down by the United States.

APRIL 7. 2025

A Year in Patriarchy: Key Setbacks in Yemeni Women's Rights in 2024

Today, the distinction between the repression in areas controlled by the Houthis and those under the internationally recognized government is becoming increasingly blurred.