The battle to assure global national security passes through Chinese cyberspace. The recent ban of Huawei and ZTE technologies by the American government raises several questions on the adoption of the 5G broadband system. The United States was followed in...
Ukrainians have chosen a comedian to lead them. But the new president, elected amid promises of draining the swamp, may soon discover that swamp water is the lymph and blood of Ukrainian political culture. In late April, five years after...
British Parliament, since its inception, has been the model on which emerging democracies base their governments. Today, however, Prime Minister Theresa May’s government finds itself paralyzed in the face of the Brexit question, and on the cusp of succumbing to...
On the face of it, the summer of 2019 does not look like a good time to try and cut a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians. In recent weeks, fighting has flared between Israeli forces and Gaza-based militants, hard-line...
In a campaign that upended the established political system, gags came easy for Ukraine’s president-elect. He is, after all, a comedian. But as Volodymyr Zelensky looks beyond his momentus election victory, he’ll know punchline prowess stands for little. Beset with...
The Washington Post has taken a stand on the Iranian crisis with an editorial which urges president Trump to put his guns back into the holster and “take a diplomatic way out”. The increasing tensions with Iran, writes the WP...
At the start of March 2019, John Bolton, national security adviser to the President of the United States, declared that Donald Trump’s administration was not afraid to use the term “Monroe Doctrine” with reference to Venezuela: “This is a country...
The European Union (EU) is about to face its biggest challenge to date. In May, people from across the EU will go to the ballot box to vote in the latest set of elections to the European Parliament. And the...
The outgoing Sunday marked conclusion of sixth leg of the seven-phase Indian elections where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a second term against the coalition led by Indian National Congress, which seeks to bring back its glory...
“I will represent all European citizens in London, firstly the British but also Poles, French Spaniards, etc,” Poland’s ex-finance minister Jan Rostowski said as he announced he was standing as a London candidate in the upcoming European elections. His Change...