Never short of hyperinflated self-praise and self-adulation, US President Donald Trump has been true to form regarding his blitzkrieg joint attack with Israel on Iran. But, beyond the bombast and ...

Despite boycotts and violence, Myanmar held its first nationwide polls since the 2021 coup, consolidating power for the military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party alongside guaranteed army ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s defense industry, rooted in its Yugoslav legacy, is quietly reemerging as a key player in Europe’s security landscape. Specializing in NATO-standard and Soviet-caliber ...

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The Democratic Party’s failure to change course over policies has increasingly isolated younger voters. The Party’s elites dismiss youth-led movements while also showing little accountability for past ...

Cyclical crises, exemplified by Argentina’s repeated sovereign debt defaults, exhibit recurring patterns of financial distress, currency depreciation and external shocks. The Schumpeterian framework ...

Sarito Carroll lived in Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s commune in Oregon, which collapsed under criminal charges 40 years ago. Like most teenagers in Rajneeshpuram, she was sexually abused there. Now she is ...

In 2024–25, Bangladesh's remittances reached a record $30.04 billion, representing a 25.50% increase from the previous year, driven by government reforms and a shift from the informal hundi system to ...

Israel has carried out a relentless and zealous military onslaught in Gaza that shows orchestrated mass inhumanity on a gargantuan scale. This campaign has killed tens of thousands of civilians, razed ...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democrat mayoral candidate for New York, has caught the fancy of many around the world. Yet when we take a closer look at him, the 33-year-old does not appear so wonderful. If ...

India’s 1975–1977 Emergency saw Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s government suppressing free speech and arresting dissenters. My father was one victim, taken from my family for writing against the ...

Harvard political scientists Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt argue that the United States has transitioned into a competitive authoritarian regime under President Donald Trump. They ...