America’s wars are spreading more chaos in Africa The Indonesian military killed as many as one million suspected communists in the mid-1960s Updated 31 Oct, 2017 08:42am
Why the media keeps missing political earthquakes LAST week, as the shocking results of the British elections arrived, the most over-used sentence in Britain seemed ... Published 16 Jun, 2017 07:07am
Protests cast new light on India’s invisible war Neither routine killings, nor endless crackdowns and curfews have changed or will change Kashmir’s ground realities. Updated 25 Feb, 2016 10:48am
Why Muslims should be grateful for Trump Trump has made a little-acknowledged phenomenon seem incontrovertible: Islamophobia. Updated 19 Dec, 2015 08:10am
Beyond India’s beef with beef, new hatreds grow Religious extremism, in South Asia is symptomatic of a larger and more complex phenomenon. Updated 10 Oct, 2015 10:04am
India, Israel start to see new enemies from within Religious-political chauvinism is being amplified by those in power in India and Israel. Updated 16 Jul, 2015 06:54am
The state asserts itself in India, China and Russia HISTORY clearly didn’t end with the triumph of market capitalism and democracy. Those who seek to disprove this ... Published 21 Jun, 2015 06:59am
‘Little Englandism’ goes big after British elections 'It will be increasingly hard to avoid the clear message from the elections: Little Englandism has finally gone big.' Updated 13 May, 2015 07:22am
Alternative to Iran deal is no alternative at all THE preliminary nuclear agreement with Iran, which has been long in the making, may succeed or fail. But only a... Published 08 Apr, 2015 06:19am
Hindu chauvinists happier than India’s executives Modi as prime minister has actually toned down his rhetoric, and the demand that he focus on economic modernisation Updated 24 Dec, 2014 08:47am
How Bollywood mirrors and moulds Modi’s new India India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had promoted a national ethic of austerity and self-restraint. Updated 26 Nov, 2014 08:22am
How Germany conquered Europe over past 25 years A quarter-century later, the event seems to have also been a prelude to the rebirth of Berlin. Updated 29 Oct, 2014 06:40am
The new crusades DENUNCIATIONS of “religious extremism”, always commonplace, have never sounded more persuasive as Islamic State... Published 01 Oct, 2014 06:43am
Scotland’s complicity with empire does not disqualify it from independence The hills and lochs of Scotland are an unlikely place to recall the words of India’s first prime minister,... Published 01 Sep, 2014 06:02am
Elected demagogues threaten Russia, Turkey & India All three leaders possess ideological bases like the Reagan had among Christian fundamentalists and neoconservative. Published 20 Aug, 2014 06:28am
World needs to take a dose of realism about Iraq THE swift victories of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in Iraq bring to mind the prescient words of John... Published 24 Jun, 2014 06:55am
India’s Modi looks back, Indonesia’s Jokowi ahead INDIA and Indonesia, relegated to the ranks of the “fragile five” economies, have witnessed a sudden uptick in... Published 25 Apr, 2014 06:32am
Putin chases old Eurasian fantasy VLADIMIR Putin’s aggressive foray into Eurasia, and the possibility of a new cold war with the West, has actually... Published 19 Mar, 2014 07:19am
Does Thailand want to be the next Ukraine? THE spectre of secession suddenly haunts Ukraine and Thailand, two countries where demonstrators have... Published 05 Mar, 2014 07:44am
