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War and Consent

The most enduring consequence of a war is often not what happens on the battlefield, but what it reveals about the institutions that authorise it.

Plutocracy gone crazy

At its zenith, England was known as a nation of shopkeepers, where trade followed the crown; this was however interchangeable ~ the East India Company accumulated an empire, many times the size of the mother country.

Climate actions must be scrutinised

Annual conferences organized by UNFCCC to review climate actions like funding poor nations to cover loss and damage inflicted by global warming and transitioning away to green energy have not resulted in concrete actions.

Unfinished Promise

The horror of a particularly brutal sexual assault in Bihar's Begusarai has once again provoked national outrage and revived memories of the crime that shook Delhi and India in December 2012. Such comparisons are understandable.

Strategic Shift

In the volatile landscape of West Asia, Israel stands as a beacon of resilience amid perpetual turmoil.

Milei Experiment

In the tangled web of Argentine politics and economics, one figure has emerged as both a lightning rod for controversy and a beacon of hope ~ President Javier Milei.

A Delhi conundrum

The arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has raised many troubling issues. But what troubles observers the most is whether Kejriwal will continue to be CM if he does not resign on his own, and if he chooses to run his much emasculated government from behind prison bars.

MIRV Test

India’s recent test of a missile equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs) has sparked both admiration for technological prowess and concern for regional stability.

Caution needed

In the mercurial world of finance, the spectre of a bubble looms ominously over investors, casting shadows of doubt and trepidation.