Global Policy & Analysis Think Tank
Had the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan not ended in 1989, there is a chance that Mohammad Najibullah would still be the President of Afghanistan. Of course, this assumes not only that the man who ultimately was killed at the age of 49 would have lived into old age, but it also […]
On Sunday, a Rodrigo Duterte impersonator known by the name Cresencio Extreme along with the world’s most widely known Kim Jong-un impersonator, Howard X made a joint appearance at a Hong Kong church frequented by OFWs (overseas Filipino workers). Later, the impersonators walked through a crowded shopping mall together before sharing […]
When it comes to the art of deception, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a genius worthy of the worst nightmares of Eric Blair (known more commonly by his pen name George Orwell). But while Eric Blair once wrote that “war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength”, […]
With a major US withdrawal from Syria expected sooner rather than later, the pre-existing trend of regional powers guiding, shaping and owning the peace process in the Arab Republic’s conflict is becoming all the more pronounced. The Astana Trio of Turkey, Russia and Iran have long been the major force […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented its final budget of the tenure on February 1. The financial document, called the interim budget since it is just for a few months in the run-up to the national elections this year, was presented […]
The World Bank has ranked every economy in the world based the ease of doing business. The range of factors considered when making the penultimate assessment can be read in detail here. The news for The Philippines in particular serves as a stark reminder of how the economy is being […]
Whilst Venezuela’s economic woes began after the oil boom of the early 2000s came to an abrupt end, in a more specific sense, Venezuela’s political woes began after the 2015 National Assembly election. It was the 2015 National Assembly election that saw the country’s then unicameral legislative chamber fall into […]
In normal circumstances, countries relax tariffs against one another during low key bilateral meetings which typically take place on the soil of one of the two nations whose tariffs are going to be mutually lowered. But for Donald Trump whose infamous trade war on China is more of an ideological […]
On this week’s episode of The History Boys, George Galloway and Adam Garrie discuss the long history of great minds that have been censored by the powers that be.
Fledgling states located in regions filled with ideological, religious and ethnic strife, territorial disputes and various unfinished agendas have very little margin for error if they wish to preserve their security. The conception of security by such states must be dynamic and multifaceted and allotted a geospatial and chronological dimension […]
