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: 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 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
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
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 go
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
Afghanistan Sanctions farce: The U.S.' move to steal the Afghan people's moneyJohn CherianThe Biden administration’s decision to freeze $7 billion of Afghanistan’s assets, which has pushed the country into a deeper economic and humanita
RUSSIA-UKRAINE Ukraine conflict: Russia's military gambitJohn CherianRussia invokes the right to protect civilians doctrine, which was used by the U.S. in its post-Soviet Union wars, to a launch special military action
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
World Affairs: Africa A wave of coups in West AfricaJohn Cherian The recent military takeovers in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso are the result of increasing terror attacks from extremist forces aligned to Al Qaeda a
China-Russia Historic summit between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin strengthens China-Russia tiesJohn CherianPresidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin agree to expand strategic and economic ties in the face of the West’s efforts to militarily encircle China
Cover Story: The hijab controversy Islamophobia comes to a head in France John Cherian France, the first country in Europe to ban the wearing of full veils in public a decade ago, has since seen a deepening of Islamophobia, with the Sena
World Affairs: Yemen Yemen’s unending tragedy John Cherian Fresh military attacks by both the Houthi movement and the United States-backed, Saudi Arabia-led coalition signal a serious escalation of Yemen’s s
World Affairs: Ukraine The U.S. fuelling tensions in the face of what it says is an imminent Russian invasion of UkraineJohn CherianBoth Russia and Ukraine have rejected the West’s propaganda that a Russian invasion of that country is imminent, but that has not deterred the U.S.
World Affairs: Australia Djokovic case highlights Australia’s xenophobic border laws John Cherian Tennis star Novak Djokovic may be an egocentric personality with contrarian views, but inadvertently, when his visa application for participating in t
World Affairs: Kazakhstan Kazakhstan: Another colour revolution?John CherianViolent protests rock Kazakhstan for the first time in 30 years. The Kazakh President claims that external actors were involved in the plot to destabi
Cover story: COVID-19 Omicron: Another global wave of COVID-19 John CherianThe Omicron variant has swept across the world, affecting even countries with “zero COVID” policy such as China as well as the countries that had
West Asia ‘The Civilian Casualty Files’ expose the Pentagon’s killing fields in West Asia John Cherian ‘The Civilian Casualty Files’, a groundbreaking investigation based on hundreds of confidential Pentagon files, reveals that military air strikes
World Affairs: Myanmar Myanmar's military leadership shows no sign of backing down as the first anniversary of its coup approaches John CherianThe army leadership appears unrelenting in its bid to remain the dominant player in Myanmar’s politics despite its alienation from the majority of t
Elon Musk and the culture of greed pride If we take seriously the premise that cinema is reflective of the times it is embedded in, then the sudden expression of money and luxury as heroic en
SlideshowSri Lanka: The stranded stateSri Lanka has faced a series of misfortunes—the wrath of a 26-year-long civil war, a devastating tsunami, the Easter bombings of 2018, the spread of
