Foreign Policy

Has Nepal’s left unity created space for China?

China is selling dreams for a price — greater influence over the Himalayan state Among one of the many things that China’s…

7 years ago

India watches Saudi Arabia’s ‘turm-oil’

With Saudi Arabia in the firm grip of a political crisis, India and the world must prepare for a steep…

7 years ago

The Quad Squad

While the Quad grouping proposed to counter China’s regional and global influence has immense possibilities, it is important that India,…

7 years ago

The return of the far-right in Germany

In the aftermath of the AfD’s entry into the German parliament with 90 seats, why is it imperative to engage…

7 years ago

The bitcoin revolution

The recent surge in the value of the cryptocurrency would suggest that something disruptive is happening. Also, will this technology…

7 years ago

Famines through the ages: Lessons for the modern era

The world stands on the precipice of a humanitarian disaster. Surplus global food production notwithstanding, ~70 million people are likely to be…

7 years ago

The Himalayan Political Fracas

While Nepal’s political transition comes to an end, the complicated game of coalition politics, turncoats and unseemly alliances introduces itself.…

7 years ago

In Cox Bazaar there is a drinking water shortage

In the Rohingya refugee camps the ground water is drying up and there is no clean drinking water left causing…

7 years ago

Referendums and the Idea of a nation

Unions are unequal in nature, Catalonia’s Independence leads to questions about how regions give more than they get Catalonia announced…

7 years ago

Hundred years on is it time for another Revolution?

A further deterrent to any serious commemoration is the bad odour that revolutions have acquired in recent times. Systemic change…

7 years ago