World Affairs: The Phillippines Philippines: Ferdinand Marcos Jr wins landslide victory in presidential election John Cherian With Ferdinand Marcos Junior and Sara Duterte Carpio, both children of leaders who had scant regard for human rights and the rule of law, recording la
World Affairs: Ukraine The U.S.’ actions prolonging the conflict in Ukraine John Cherian Despite growing international calls for peace in Ukraine, the brutal conflict drags on, with the U.S. doing more to sustain the hostilities than bring
World Affairs: France France's presidential election results highlight growing threat of racism and xenophobiaJohn CherianThe results of the presidential election in France show that the influence of racist and xenophobic right-wing parties is growing in French and Europe
World Affairs: Ukraine Deepening crisis in Ukraine John CherianThe conflict in Ukraine seems to have no chance of easing as the U.S. and its NATO allies continue with their bellicose statements and an ever-increas
Ukraine Ukraine conflict begins to resemble virtual NATO-Russia warJohn CherianAt the instigation of the Biden administration, the conflict in Ukraine has now been virtually transformed into a NATO-Russia war. However, hopes that
Cover Story: Nepal Nepal’s economy in a tight spotJohn CherianThe government in Nepal says that the economic situation is not as bad as it is in Sri Lanka, but the opposition insists on measures to prevent a cris
Cover Story: Pakistan Pakistan’s political chessboard John CherianPakistan’s economy, like that of Sri Lanka and Nepal, the other two South Asian nations, is teetering. Before the premature end of Imran Khan’s govern
NORTH KOREA’S NEW MISSILE North Korea on a testing spree John CherianNorth Korea tests an ICBM citing the escalating military tension in and around the Korean peninsula, the inevitability of the long-standing confrontat
Ukraine conflict Signs of hope: Negotiations could lead to an end to Ukraine conflictJohn CherianAs the war in Ukraine enters its second month, there is a glimmer of hope that negotiations between the warring sides could end the conflict. This wou
Russia & Ukraine The lingering war: Scope of Russia-Ukraine conflict widens John CherianThe scope of the war has widened, with the Russian military announcing that Western arms supplies to the Ukrainian government forces would henceforth
WORLD AFFAIRS Conservatives’ turn in South Korea with Yoon Suk-yeol's victoryJohn CherianThe conservative Yoon Suk-yeol, who fuelled his election campaign with a rhetoric of confrontation with the North reminiscent of the Cold War era, is
RUSSIA-UKRAINE Ukraine conflict: Western provocationJohn CherianThe Soviet leadership was promised in 1990 that NATO would not “move an inch eastward”, so the military alliance’s decision to include Ukraine touche
IMF endorses increase in US interest rates even as global crisis unfolds Doing so can precipitate a recession that would be far more damaging in the South than in the North.
