Fight Against COVID-19: Mutual Lessons for India and Russia
Have India and Russia emerged as two of the largest countries that have handled the ongoing pandemic in a better way despite sharing land...
The Genesis of Democratic Paternalism in the Current World Order
The term ‘paternalism’ has the involvement of a certain degree of subordination having several explicit and implicit repercussions. Although subordination and repression are supposed...
The American Cultural Barrier in Confronting the Pandemic
It was Jan. 20, and the first case of Covid-19 was detected in the United States. I attended a tech conference in San Francisco the...
Against the Locals: Japanese Persistence in Maintaining US Bases in Okinawa
Under the influence of China and Japan, Okinawa developed as a vassal kingdom (Ryukyu Kingdom) until late XIX century, when the new Japanese Empire...
An Unviable State: A Broken Afghan Edifice, Part 3
In this third article among a seven-part discussion on Afghanistan, Adnan Qaiser, with a distinguished career in the armed forces and international diplomacy, examines...
COVID-19 and Higher Education: Can Asian Countries Benefit at the Cost of the West?
There have been numerous debates with regard to the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy – specifically in the context of trade and...
Is It Time to Start Discussing North Korea Without Kim Jong-un?
North Korea's dynastic ruling system has been working for the Kim family even though the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is not a...
India’s COVID-19 Crisis: Time for a National Unity Government?
With its reported COVID-19 cases crossing 17500, India is now bracing itself for hard times. Although India’s drastic measure of an extended nation-wide lockdown...
Is There a Revolution on the Brink of This Pandemic?
The Bubonic Plague of the 1340s that wiped off a third of humanity quite possibly did away with feudalism and could be partially credited...