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    Ethnic Strife Looms Large As Trump’s Weighs Options In Iran

    In recent months, Bahrain — the only Gulf state that is home to a Shiite Muslim majority and a prime target of Iranian retaliatory strikes in the Islamic Republic’s on-off tit-for-tat war with the United States — has rounded up scores of religious scholars whom authorities accuse of conspiring with Iran. The arrests sparked protests… Continue reading Ethnic Strife Looms Large As Trump’s Weighs Options In Iran
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    Brazil Is the Country of the Devil — and God Knows Who the “Believers” Are

    When someone thinks their own life got worse because someone else’s got better, the ballot box stops choosing governments and starts handing out punishment. The best diagnosis of the average Brazilian came in a one-minute statement by Felipe Nunes, the founding partner of Quest, a Brazilian polling and research institute. He said that the country’s… Continue reading Brazil Is the Country of the Devil — and God Knows Who the “Believers” Are
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    Cyborg Manifesto: Bodies, Data and Power in the Age of AI

    The cyborg is not a distant fantasy — it is already embedded in everyday life. In 2024, the Delhi High Court ruled that a deceased cancer patient’s cryopreserved sperm was inheritable property, allowing his parents to have a child using his genetic material after his death — a process known as posthumous reproduction. A similar… Continue reading Cyborg Manifesto: Bodies, Data and Power in the Age of AI
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    New Delhi 2026: The Summit of the Disunited BRICS

    On September 12 and 13, New Delhi hosted the 18th BRICS summit under the solemn theme “Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.” It was a fine formula, but what reality did it cover? For the first time in their history, the BRICS met with members waging war on one another, members who had just signed military… Continue reading New Delhi 2026: The Summit of the Disunited BRICS
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    Pakistan’s Red Book and the Limits of Counterterrorism Compliance

    There is something almost surreal about Pakistan’s latest wanted notice for Masood Azhar, the founder and current leader of the anti-India Salafi-Jihadist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). When you open the Federal Investigation Agency’s 2026 “Red Book” of most-wanted terrorists, the JeM founder appears as expected. The document mentions his crimes and a reward for information leading… Continue reading Pakistan’s Red Book and the Limits of Counterterrorism Compliance
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    American Gladiators: MMA, Trump and the Politics of Masculinity

    US President Donald Trump built a chunk of his political identity on being embraced by the hardest men in America: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions, cage fighters, action stars built like tanks. That embrace is starting to break, and it’s breaking loudest from the men who are supposed to be its most reliable messengers. This… Continue reading American Gladiators: MMA, Trump and the Politics of Masculinity
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    Big Tobacco to the Rescue? FDA Delays Fuel Illicit Market and Stifle Innovation

    As a society, we have been conditioned to believe “Big Tobacco” is out to get everyone addicted to dangerous, toxic products. Many picture a boogeyman using its money and influence to skirt the barriers the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put in place to keep us safe. But what if the FDA is… Continue reading Big Tobacco to the Rescue? FDA Delays Fuel Illicit Market and Stifle Innovation
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    Rule, Cool or Cruel Britannia? A Nation Abused by Politicians, Corporates, Extremists and the Establishment

    The days are long gone when (according to the old unofficial anthem “Rule Britannia”) Britain should rule the waves, and many Britons believed that the “sun never set” on their Empire. The voluntary systematic dissolution of the British Empire began as far back as 1867 with Canada becoming a self-governing dominion, followed by Australia and… Continue reading Rule, Cool or Cruel Britannia? A Nation Abused by Politicians, Corporates, Extremists and the Establishment
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