SEVENTY years ago, the United Nations was created from the ashes of the Second World War. Seven decades later, in Paris, nations have united in the face of another threat — the threat to life as we know it due to a rapidly warming planet…
IN ITS nine years of existence, WikiLeaks has become the first global 4th estate. Their 2008 release of the classified US military video documenting the slaying of Iraqi civilians in New Baghdad made the whistle-blowing site a household name…
After India started receiving armaments from the Soviet Union, the Indian military assistance to MB increased, mitigating some of the deficiencies in weaponry…
Bengali resistance was spontaneous, not preplanned or coordinated. The Pakistanis were unable to make any preemptive strikes on 3 battalions of the East Bengal Regiment (2nd, 4th and 8th) and any of the EPR wings except Peelkhana…
AFTER the Second World War, the creation of Bangladesh was the first case where a people seceded from a country and created a new independent country (Biafra had unsuccessfully tried to secede from Nigeria between 1967–70)…
For some reason nobody asks a simple question. How did it happen that all of a sudden Russia started not just actively stand up to the world hegemonic power, but successfully win against it on all front…
THE Heart of Asia conference brought the only good news in months to a Pakistan hunkering down to critical fights, yet still faced with a soft power deficit at home and abroad…
The catastrophic failures of the Western banking system mandate a new vision. These transformations, current and proposed, are constructive steps toward streamlining the banking system, eliminating the risks that have devastated individuals…
Courage, like cowardice, can grow when an action by one person influences decisions by others, either toward bravery or fear. Thus, the gutsy whistle-blowing by some NSA officials inspired Edward Snowden to expose mass data collection on all Americans…
Undermining end-to-end encryption services may make accessing information by state authorities easier; but it will not make them more competent. What diminishes online security for some invariably…
Propaganda or blind patriotism can be as powerful as the narcotics that assuage the pain of alienation, so prevalent now among people devoid of meaningful voice or purpose…
FOLLOWING the recent horrific and brutal San Bernardino slaying, president Obama took to the Oval Office and reminded Americans, ‘our nation has been at war with terrorists since al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 Americans on 9/11.’..
It may not be perfect. But the COP21 model — and the democracy principle on which it rests — may just be our greatest weapon in the fight against climate change, writes Barry Gardiner IN 2009, as I stood in the Copenhagen winter outside the failure that was COP15, I swore we should never make the same mistake. The United […]
‘Truth’ is beginning to slip out from behind several different curtains. I hate to say it but a giant false flag will have to come out very soon in order to keep cover and divert attention from the truth. I do not see any other options left, the reality MUST remain…
The basis of US foreign policy is the commitment to prevent the rise of powers capable of constraining Washington’s unilateral action. The ability of Russia and China to do this makes them both a target…
Keep in mind, though, that like history itself, this is a story we are still writing — even though Emperor Weather couldn’t care less about writing, history, or us. If he truly comes to power, history will certainly end in some sense…
HUMAN Rights Day is observed around the world on every December 10 with a call for protecting the rights of all. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…
The postponement of Sri Lanka’s local government elections scheduled for March 2016, which falls within the six-month time frame of constitutional reform, and which pits the UNP and SLFP against each other needs to be given consideration…
THE much-vaunted COP21 negotiations in Paris are, despite the claims of world leaders, dead on arrival.
Emissions reductions targets are not up for discussion. Those pledges are already on the table, having been put forward voluntarily by each country…
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