Opinion

Playing out a colonial tragedy

Lawrence Davidson : AT THE heart of the long-established structure of US foreign policy are powerful special interests (lobbies). Interests that are capable of substituting their parochial interest for national

Israel’s enduring pursuit of Palestinian disunity

Ramzy Baroud : ISRAEL is aggressively implementing plans to shape Palestine’s future and the broader region, sculpting its vision for the ‘day after’ its genocide in Gaza. The latest, bizarre

My AI guilt

by Obaidul Hamid : THERE are certain things in our fast-changing world that occasionally give me a feeling of guilt, if not sinfulness. Artificial intelligence is one of them. This

A recipe for geopolitical decline

Abdullah A Dewan : THE July 7, 2025, letter from President Donald J Trump to Dr Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor to the government of Bangladesh, reads like a familiar

The ‘economy of genocide’ report: reckoning beyond rhetoric

Ramzy Baroud : FRANCESCA Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine, stands as a testament to the notion of speaking truth to

Follies of dumping US bonds

Abdullah A Dewan : THE title is a deliberate intrigue, meant to evoke the inevitability of both Fallout and Fallin — a duality often at play in real-life events, particularly

Is BRICS way forward?

After witnessing Cuba’s ailing economy in a recent visit, Asoka Bandarage looks beyond BRICS for an alternative to both authoritarian socialism and neoliberal capitalism I RETURNED to the US from Cuba just

AI for sustainable farming in South Asia

by Kazi Md Samiul Hoq : FARMING in South Asia is standing at a crossroads: rising populations, erratic weather and a deep digital divide. As reported by Food and Agriculture