Opinion

Glacial melt: the European Alps

The European Alps is not free from the curse — glacial melt. Scientists have found: The European Alps could lose its glaciers up to 90 per cent by 2100 if

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Don’t expect justice from imperial criminal court

The ICC provides no legal counterbalance to the arrogance of an empire’s power. It is the empire’s court. IN JUNE, a group of international lawyers sued the European Union for

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BJP’s dream state is Muslims’ purgatory

WHEN Indian Hindus are moved by the plight of Palestinians, they are perhaps influenced by the fact that Palestine belongs to the third world and Asia. In the case of

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How US-China could create ‘multi-bilateral’ world order

Andrew Hammond and Risto Penttila : It is now more than a decade since then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared that “the G20 foreshadows the planetary governance of the twenty-first century”.

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Baghdad’s new era of freedom

With Islamic State out of the picture, the people of Iraq are breathing a sigh of relief. The recent re-opening of Baghdad’s Green Zone to all traffic is just one

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Venezuela building socialism in the midst of a war

‘Venezuela,’ Daniela Rodríguez explained, ‘is building socialism in the midst of a war.’ According to Rodríguez, ‘the US is using new tools of warfare trying to subjugate, dominate, and push

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What Jinping’s Trip to North Korea Means……?

Muhammad Zamir: The importance attached to this visit by China was underlined by the Chinese government through the composition of their high level delegation. Xi Jinping, president of the People’s

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Give me your tired, your hungry…

Hundred-year-old theoretical debate over socialism has by-passed its civilisational attitudes, which considers children to be the responsibility of all, with government providing safety and security as well as education, writes

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