That which may be done with the stroke of a pen may be undone with the stroke of a pen. This simple maxim is, in its two separate clauses, the nursery and the gallows of every piece of progressive ...

Tucked into the folds of the Aravalli Hills, about thirty miles north-east of Udaipur, is the bustling pilgrimage centre of Nathdwara, home to Shrinathji, the living image (svarup) of Krishna raising ...

Geopolitical tensions are growing globally over the cutting of two subsea cables in the Baltic Sea, and a struggle for dominance between the West and China threatens digital equity. With subsea cables ...

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 ...

Since Russia's invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, the nation has undergone a significant process of national reinvention, with a focus on redefining its history and identity. Central to this ...

FIFA, the world governing organization of association football (soccer), recently announced that its quadrennial tournament, the World Cup, will be staged in Saudi Arabia in 2034. The birthplace of ...

Syria is yet another demonstration of an American policy that is woefully out of date. Foreign adventurism has caused both immeasurable harm abroad and sapped American society at home. The US emerged ...

Donald Trump won a decisive comeback victory this year, four years after losing to Joe Biden. In 2016, Trump won the majority of electoral college votes but Hillary Clinton won a majority of the votes ...

Liberals hate President-elect Donald Trump, no question about it. He’s the definition of illiberal: authoritarian, racist, sexist and downright nasty. Not only that, he’s a living repudiation of the ...

Most people would agree that, as 2025 approaches, the political outlook in western democracies looks uniformly bleak. The United Kingdom at least has a government, whereas France and Germany are in a ...

Today’s media typically sums up the past 13 years of Syria’s history as an enduring civil war sparked by the events collectively referred to as Arab Spring in 2011. Within less than 12 months, ...

In the early hours of October 17, news started to filter in that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had been killed by a small group of IDF soldiers in Tal as-Sultan, Rafah. Engaged in battle above ground, ...