Purple revolution a model for rural communities
There are moments in a nation’s journey when a quiet transformation in a remote corner becomes a symbol of national resurgence.
There are moments in a nation’s journey when a quiet transformation in a remote corner becomes a symbol of national resurgence.
Wars have often accelerated technological change. The machine gun altered infantry tactics, the tank transformed mobility, and air power redefined strategic reach.
President Donald Trump’s trade policy has acquired a second life. After the US Supreme Court curtailed key elements of the architecture that defined much of his economic agenda, the White House has returned with a familiar instrument wrapped in a different justification.
On 28 February 2026, the war that diplomats had spent two years rehearsing began. American and Israeli aircraft struck Iranian nuclear and missile installations; Iran’s Supreme Leader was killed, and by 2 March the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had formally closed the Strait of Hormuz to merchant traffic, laying mines and warning off shipping.
Global warming policies were expected to drive a rapid shift toward a renewables-based energy system dominated by wind and solar.
When the film industry gathers for its annual night of self-congratulation, the ceremony is usually remembered for glamour, spectacle and predictable triumphs. Yet the latest Academy Awards told a different story.
As American representatives negotiated with their Iranian counterparts in Geneva, an armada of US warships, led by USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest warship, sailed towards the Middle-East.
No US president in living memory has gone to war with less public support than Donald Trump has for the war in Iran.
For decades, Dubai has carefully cultivated the image of a city insulated from the turbulence of the Middle East.
When wars expand, the most decisive targets are often not cities or armies but the economic arteries that sustain a nation’s power.
