Ever since Silvio Berlusconi first became Italian Prime Minister in 1994, Italian governments have tended to undulate between Berlusconi led coalitions which include a combination centre-right pro-business parties and various right-wing and some would say even far-right parties including the separatist Lega Nord. Berlusconi’s main electoral achievement has been his ability to consistently […]
As expected, last night’s Academy Award ceremony in Hollywood came with notable political overtones. In the category for best full length documentary, one witnessed the surreal moment where an anti-Syrian film made with the help of the al-Qaeda affiliate White Helmets called Last Man In Aleppo went up against a film […]
One of the most misunderstood and misrepresent elements of so-called Islamic dress in international circles, is the hijab. Making matters more complicated, the words hijab, niqab and burqa are often used interchangeably even those these are very different articles of clothing from different regions. The niqab is a full face […]
The settled 20th century consensus on different styles of media regulation has largely been challenged by the pervasiveness of online media which continues to shape national and trans-national dialogues in the 21st century. However, when tracing the development of media regulation in the 20th century, one can learn a great […]
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif whose PML-N is contesting senatorial elections today, prior to the wider General Elections for the National Assembly, has come under fire for procuring the services of a foreign data mining company called Cambridge Analytica. Independent Pakistani judicial journalist Tayyab Baloch wrote the following about the significance […]
Syria’s war, like most wars instigated by foreign powers, is a war for Syria’s resources, her ports and her geographically enviable position in the world. In so far as the world recognises this about Syria, the country can play a vital role along important routes within China’s One Belt-One Road […]
While once a political standard bearer for the conservative movement within the Republican party and a man whom conservatives in the US could set their watch to, former US Senator Barry Goldwater now reads like a political enigma, twenty years after his death in 1998. Goldwater rose to prominence as […]