Opinion

Decoding Israeli ‘extremism’

by Richard Falk: ‘These are the basic lines of the national government headed by me: The Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all areas of the Land

Covid: Time to rethink China’s invulnerability?

Afsan Chowdhury: CHINA’S brand as a very secure and strong state mechanism was enormously strengthened as a result of the Covid crisis. Although China was the spawning ground of the

2022 and margins of victory in Palestine

Ramzy Baroud: ANOTHER critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 has wrought much of the same in terms of Israeli military occupation and increasing violence, it also introduced new

The world won’t escape the aftermath

SELDOM in European history has an invading power so exaggerated its own strength, and underestimated that of its enemy to the degree that Russia did when it attacked Ukraine on

Keep writing! Literature from Afghanistan

Gerrit Wustmann: IN REGIONS stricken by war and crises or in repressive states, authors often find themselves in a dire situation. After all, it is always the free word that

Another blistering year next year?

by Robert Hunziker: Once damaging weather systems disrupt what the world depends upon, like grain supplies, at some point in time universal distress takes over people’s behaviour as they start

Rethinking Sharia and democracy

According to a recent survey, half of all Iranians say that they have left Islam as a religion, while two-thirds believe Islamic law should be excluded from their legal system.

New Hope to Solve Irrigation Problems in Bangladesh

Shahrina Akhtar: The management of water resources is of utmost importance to agriculture in Bangladesh. With a population projected to reach 175.0 million by 2025 and scarcity of land, the