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Ukraine War: US-led world order real target
The US and Europe must be getting ready for Putin-like ambitious and aggressive statesmen in the days to come who would challenge the already ailing and aging western liberal order The war in Ukraine is devastating and tragic. It has been ten months now. It demonstrates the strained relationship between Ukraine...
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Burkina Faso military can’t win war against jehadi
30 January 2022 | Makhan Saikia -
Jack Ma missing: Role of opaque Chinese state
10 January 2021 | Makhan Saikia -
France at the crossroads of liberty vs Islamphobia
20 December 2020 | Makhan Saikia -
Rohingyas’ repatriation amid hope & despair
13 December 2020 | Makhan Saikia -
Right-green coalition in Austria unviable
26 January 2020 | Makhan Saikia -
Top General’s killing delays Arab Spring in Iran
05 January 2020 | Makhan Saikia -
Justice for Rohingyas: Will it come ever?
29 December 2019 | Makhan Saikia
Brexit: The final journey under Johnson
It’s a testing time for Johnson. Moment has come for him to demonstrate not just leadership but statesmanship Boris Johnson has romped home in the parliamentary election with 365 seats in the 650-member House against the Labour Party’s 203 seats. The Labour Party, under James Corbyn, lost its heartlands, and the...
What do Iraqi protesters strive for?
What is worrying the global community is that the saga of mass demonstrations in Iraq is leaderless. The protesters are not backed by any organisational structures and ideological narratives. The only common chord among them is a strong sentiment of anti-Government agenda Iraq has once again descended into an abyss. Since...
US law can’t usher in democracy in Hong Kong
By enacting the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, the Donald Trump Administration has thrown its weight behind the pro-democracy demonstrators of Hong Kong, and put extra pressure on China to redeem its year-1997 promise of autonomy for the region. However, the Hongkongers must realise that an Act passed...
Inclusive governance a challenge for Gotabaya
Considering the ideological baggage of Rajapaksas, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya has his task cut out if he wants to keep peace prevail in the island nation. While the Sinhala majority who voted him to power calls him ‘the savior of their country’, there is a large section of minorities, Muslims...
It's time to wrap up Naga peace process
It is over a fortnight since the deadline, fixed by the Union Government, for the Nagaland peace pact lapsed on October 31, 2019. However amid hopes and apprehension, the good news is that the peace talks have not stopped A fortnight has already gone by since the deadline, fixed by the...
Death of Baghdadi is not end of ISIS
Though the elite US Delta Force commandos have put an end to the ISIS leader, the remnants of the ISIS, spread from Africa to Australasia, will not simply fade away. Worst is yet to come The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the chief of the Islamic State (ISIS), has brought a...
Show of strength at 70: China’s global message
While President Xi Jinping has promised ‘New Era’ that sees China as a top global power, many in China feel what the Communist Party is projecting to the world is an incomplete narrative of the progress China is celebrating its 70th year of the Communist revolution this week. On October 1,...
