Year: 2021
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EUROPE
Ukraine is dying a deindustrialized death
The 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence is a somber time to reflect on what went wrong over the years with…
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AFRICA
U.S. foreign policy and its discontents, playing moral leadership or planning a regime change in Ethiopia?
By Zerihun Kinate After visibly angered by Trump’s “blow up the dam” reckless and dangerous remark many Ethiopians thought a…
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AMERICAS
Food insecurity and what you can do
Food insecurity was a complex issue long before COVID-19 became a household name. Among its myriad side effects, the global…
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ASIA
Kashmir: What next?
By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The conflict over the disputed territory of Kashmir is soluble only if pragmatic, realistic and…
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ASIA
Iran’s atomic bomb?
The panic button on Iran is being pressed again. A report by the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy…
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EUROPE
The Swedish authorities have learned nothing as schools reopen without safeguards for children as Delta cases soar
By Wendy Boyd Isacsson and Keith Begg In Sweden sending your child to school is compulsory and home-schooling is illegal.…
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ASIA
The aftermath of two decades
By Uzge Saleem A loss of more than $2 trillion dollars, almost 2500 US casualties, four US presidents and two decades…
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ASIA
Sad collapse in Afghanistan: Political miscalculations overshadow military success
By Raphael Benaroya As I write this, the Taliban have completed their swift takeover of Afghanistan. They have occupied the…
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ASIA
Courting disaster: How Hun Sen is ignoring trends and creating a perilous position for himself
By Vincenzo Caporale In late June, the Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative produced satellite images that showed Chinese contractors had helped…
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ASIA
Out of Afghanistan
The Soviet Army invaded Afghanistan in December, 1979 and withdrew, exhausted and demoralized, 10 years later. In Moscow a joke…
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