Our friend and collaborator Gary Grappo’s insightful and disturbing account of the geopolitical reality of a region he knows very well turns out to be informative in ways that he may not have intended ...

To paraphrase one of the most unfairly maligned presidents of the 20th century, “The administrative state is the enemy, the administrative state is the enemy, the administrative state is the enemy.

Violence against women is a global phenomenon. Elections and politics are fundamentally about competition. Both lead to violence against women in politics and that must change.

One of modern history’s major empires is falling apart right now, right before our eyes. Yet precious few in the media have reported on this extraordinary event, much less offered any analysis of its ...

When Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, the media filled with breathless headlines about the collapse of democracy. Trump’s victory was certainly the collapse of something, but ...

Addiction to social media applications is a growing concern worldwide. There is not yet a consensus on how severe and widespread the problem is; socioeconomic, technological, cultural and even ...

Despite differences in style and rhetoric, recent US presidents (with one exception), once in the Oval Office, have understood where foreign policy would be hammered out. Not in their own minds.

In 1984, Stuart Auerbach of The Washington Post described Indira Gandhi as “Mother India” or “the Empress of India” for her supporters. One rather sycophantic one who was president of her party ...

During his speech at the US-Saudi Investment Forum, Trump reengaged with Middle Eastern leaders and revived the Abraham Accords. His focus on trade-based incentives signals a broader shift toward ...

The US, once one of the world’s foremost shipping economies, has become almost entirely dependent on foreign firms to transport goods to and from its mainland. This is a vulnerability of which China ...

Between April 2022 and March 2023, India's trade deficit in manufacturing exceeded $250 billion. This serves as a stark reminder of the challenges and lack of competitiveness of Indian manufacturing.

As a sovereign nation, the State of Israel has existed since 1948, following the end of the 30-year mandate for British administration of Palestine, when the Jewish Agency declared the territory as ...