Polarization; left-right, up & down
Polarization refers to a state in which the opinions, feelings, behaviours, or interests of a group or society become more bimodal and the two modes move further apart.
War, media blackouts, and Palestine
All of us have our likes and dislikes, favourites and abhorrent and idiosyncrasies that determine our mental tendencies. This malady is a common human heritage. But in times of crisis, it becomes more visible and stark than other normal times of life. History, culture, geography and political weightage of one element over the other play […]
The multiplying African Coups
Since the end of the Second World War and with the process of decolonization set in motion after this war, it is estimated that nearly 200 coups were carried out in this continent.
Curve of Hindutva from India to Nepal
Nepal with 147,516 square kilometers of area has always been a utopian Hindu monarchy for the Indian Hindu extremists
Palestine: Realism, Pragmatism and Middle East
William James and John Dewey were both critical of the US Foreign policy. They never supported or endorsed the US in 1898 the capturing of the Philippines. Even though they both their enormous impact on the philosophical and political realm, their writings and influences in politics and international relations were never fully endorsed or acknowledged. […]
wargames; warring, learning and analyzing
Games and sports are the two elements which play an important role in the development of a person and society for a healthy and up to mark performance of that person and society. The two have more or less the same purpose, nature and benefits albeit with slight variation in them. Games are activities in […]
Optics in politics; varying in number
The lexicographic definition of optics is the scientific study of light, its behaviour, transmission and deflection with other material objects. Being an analysis of vision, sight and light the word Optics predominant use have to be found in politics and specially in analysing the foreign policy and its different dimensions apart from its specific use […]
Beijing and Taliban; national interest enjoins them
The most debatable and perplexing question in international relations is the answer to what is the defining definition of national interests. If an exact and accepted answer is hard to find for this question, there is so much fluidity of opinions on this that in future there is hardly any hope for answering this puzzle! […]
Political circle of assassins and assassinations
Whenever a political or any other person becomes too irritating for their government which does not tolerate any dissenter or dissemination of views whether they are political or apolitical, they turn to some tactics and methods whose legality and ethicality are always questionable. Historical background The etymological background of the assassin, one who does such […]
The Kabul fall of 2021
Isn’t it interesting and a little bit of unusual fact that a world power, the United States of America, for twenty years in Afghanistan remained, but it failed miserably to control and stabilize this mountainous country for itself? The reasons may be numerous, but some reasons for this failure are shortened in this free downloadable […]