Can Ardern and New Zealand's humanity awaken the world's conscience?
People who care for a tolerant and peaceful world and recognise that our peaceful existence is under threat cannot abdicate their responsibility to address the challenge facing us.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Brexit and Britain's endless turmoil
As UK struggles with the complex process of how to end its membership in European Union, with the exit date of March 31 just a few days away, the nation is being torn apart by mindboggling uncertainties.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Populism and how it impacts democracy
In recent times, the socio-political scenes in scores of countries around the world have been turning toxic. A creeping polarisation among political forces is taking hold, accompanied by a culture of demonising the adversaries, use of vitriolic and bareknuckle hate rhetoric.
12 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Indo-Pak flare-up has dangerous portents
The sudden eruption of a combustible situation between India and Pakistan has quite understandably concentrated anxious attention from everywhere in the globe. There are a raft of good reasons why the crisis that has emerged could spiral out of control into something horrific.
28 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Looking at some of the dynamics of India's Lok Sabha election
Some historical glimpses shed a very interesting light on the enormous changes that have taken place in India's political landscape
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Venezuelan crisis is more than just a domestic issue
Those who follow global events could not have failed to notice the tragic spectacle unfolding in Venezuela. The Latin American country has been riven by an internal political turmoil recently.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Mueller investigation and Trump's turbulent new year
For the last couple of years or so, the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 US Presidential Election has been in steady media limelight.
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM
The never-ending wall stalemate
A nail-biting drama is unfolding over US President Donald Trump's inflexible demand for a wall on the US-Mexico border and the Democratic-led Congress's equally resolute refusal to give him the money.
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Trump and a tale of two Americas
Midterms in America usually provide a perspective on how a president's first two years have impacted electoral sentiments. In 2018, Mr Trump energised his support base in the midterms, but he also inspired a large Democratic turnout. They have clawed back enough political leverage to create a situation in which he will have to tread carefully.
19 November 2018, 18:00 PM
America's fraught midterm polls
Never has America been so bitterly polarised, nor midterm congressional and state gubernatorial polls aroused such frenzied partisan feelings.
5 November 2018, 18:00 PM