Opinion

Daniel Sachs Proliferating wars and shaky alliances are hallmarks of today’s brutal new political reality, one that would have been unimaginable a decade ago. But the geopolitical rupture currently underway is no accident of history, nor is it simply the result of strongmen, weak institutions,...

Severely singed by Iran's missiles across West Asia, India may have to go for drastic changes in the Union Budget by the monsoon session as prices soar, gas crisis derails households and businesses, FPI outflows near a record, and the rupee has a mighty fall....

Few United Nations Security Council resolutions have been as one-sided as its recent condemnation of Iran’s “egregious attacks” on regional neighbours such as Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Leaving little room for interpretation, it describes those attacks as “a breach of...

By Jamal Ibrahim Haidar & Adeel Malik For decades, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have exported oil and recycled petrodollars through Western markets and received military protection from the United States. This arrangement has often been described as a strategic alliance. The US-Israeli war...

By Avilash Roul To begin with, managing freshwater, the elixir of life, has once again been put at the top of the unresolved scheme of the world. Several conferences, workshops and hybrid consultations are being organised to set the agenda for the Third UN Water...

By Nikunja Bihari Sahu Water, water everywhere, not a drop to drink, writes Samuel Coleridge in his ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariners’ as the ship of the ancient mariner sailed from the land of mist and snow and treaded into the calm, uncharted waters of...

The recent elections in Nepal saw the Rashtriya Swatantra Party and its leader Balendra Shah win a decisive victory, ending the uncertainty after last September’s revolution and an interim government. The defeat of the current elite is indisputable and gives the new government a strong...

Predictions and projections may not turn out to be accurate. While promises of politicians mostly are found to falter, this may not be the same in the case of professional economists who predict something based on scientific calculations. In this connection, the West Asian crisis...

It is astonishing that, in the 21st century, influential individuals still act as though they were immune to legal consequences. But even more worrying is that they can indeed expect to be shielded from scrutiny over extremely serious crimes. The Jeffrey Epstein scandal is a...

Since the start of the US-Israeli campaign against Iran, only a handful of the 100 vessels that once transited the Strait of Hormuz each day have managed to pass through. Now, with Iran reportedly laying sea mines in the narrow waterway, the possibility of its...