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Securing Emptiness: The Sahara Desert and the Global War on Terror
“So Geographers in Afric-maps With Savage-Pictures fill their Gaps” – Jonathan Swift This article is the introduction to a series of pieces on the Sahara Desert. In this piece the author assesses the...
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10 Reasons why India is not the Next Superpower
In this article, the author presents ten issues that are holding India back and have crippled India to some extent. He makes the case that if these problems are not overcome, India will not be a...
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From Fiesta to Siesta: Spain, Merkozy, and Neo-Eurosclerosis
In this article, the author analyses the Euro crisis by taking a look at Spain and fiercely criticises European conservatives’ obsessive focus on austerity, a trend that is inevitably leading the old...
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India’s Anti-graft Protests: Why Demands for Inclusiveness are Not a...
In this article, the author brings to light some of the criticism that the Anna Hazare led anti-corruption agitation is facing on counts of not being inclusive enough....
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Deck the Halls with Boughs of Homophobia: the 2012 Republican Presidential...
GOP Candidates In this article, the author looks at the evangelical presence in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries and how the issue of gender equality has resurfaced in the civil rights...
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Exploring the Sino-Indian Maritime Rivalry
In this article, the author explores China and India’s maritime rivalry in context of the recent skirmishes between the two nations in the South China Sea....
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What is Happening in Nigeria? Blood and Oil (Subsidies)
In this article the author looks at the current wave of political and economic turmoil sweeping Nigeria. With a potential oil shutdown sending waves of panic across Brent Crude prices and terrorism...
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Afghanistan in transition: a reporter’s diary
In this post, the author shares notes taken during his attendance to a popular TV show night in Kabul, called ‘Kabul Debate Live’, where participants and audience discussed the issue of...
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A Pocket Guide – The 1942 US Army Booklet on Northern Ireland
This is the first in a series of articles compiling the US Army guide to Northern Ireland during World War Two. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor the US agreed to take over the defence of the...
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A Pocket Guide – The 1942 US Army Booklet on Northern Ireland – Part 2
This is the second in a series of articles compiling the US Army guide to Northern Ireland during World War Two. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor the US agreed to take over the defence of the...
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The Case of the Missing Girl Child – Focus on Tamil Nadu, India
This article examines the issue of female infanticide in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. While the author is optimistic about the initiatives taken to eradicate the practice, there is...
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The Israeli Embassy Vehicle Attack in New Delhi – Reactions in India
In this article, the author explores the reaction among the media, the government and the people over the attack that took place on the Israeli Embassy vehicle on the 13th of February, 2012....
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Reporting from the United Nations – The dilemma of the Conference on...
In this article, the author reports on the first plenary meeting of the 2012 session of the Conference on Disarmament....
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Three Myths about China and its Relationship with the US
In this article, the author busts three myths about China and its relationship with the United States. By Mikael Santelli-Bensouda, 5th March, 2012 Many things have been written regarding the...
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The Syrian emailgate: first reactions
In this article, the author shares his first thoughts and reaction to the Syrian emailgate before concluding with the following sentence adapted from Bob Marley’s Redemption Song: how long shall they...
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China in Afghanistan: Valuable Ally or Emerging Threat?
In this article, the author explores the competing US and Chinese discourses on China’s Peaceful rise strategy, using the PRC’s economic involvement in Afghanistan as a case study. It argues that...
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Marriage Equality: What’s the Big Deal?
In this article, the author looks at how marriage equality has become one of the most popularized social issues du jour in American national politics. By examining racial attitudes and the Obama...
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The UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka’s Alleged War Crimes
In this article, the author explores the resolution’s impact on Sri Lanka, and its probable implications with reference to Sri Lanka. By Rithika Nair, 3rd April, 2012 The United Nations Human Rights...
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Can the American and Pakistani Positions on Islamic Militancy be Reconciled?
In this article, the author delves into the relationship between the United States and Pakistan in context of the Islamic Militancy in the extended region of Afghanistan-Pakistan. By Camille Maubert,...
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Will Iran be accorded its rightful place in the world?
In an inspiring analysis, Peter Jenkins analyses the current state of affairs over Iran’s nuclear file in advance of the April 14 meeting in Istanbul between members of the international community...
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