How Democracies Became The New Digital Authoritarians
“Digital authoritarianism” refers to governments using technology for surveillance and censorship to repress dissent. China remains the master practitioner. There,...
World View
The Race To Discover New Species Before They’re Gone
When most people imagine scientists discovering new species, they probably still picture an expedition into the unknown. A naturalist travels...
Israel’s Lebanon Campaign Risks Repeating Past Failed Lessons
Going into the war in Iran, the Israeli government seemingly had two intertwined goals: to bring down the Islamic Republic...
Cong Questions PM Modi’s Silence On Israel-Lebanon Conflict
The Congress on Tuesday intensified its criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of remaining silent on Israel’s ongoing...
Is The ‘Quad’ Dying A Slow Death?
Analysts have tried to make sense of US President Donald Trump’s second term with countless, sometimes contradictory, labels. He’s isolationist...
Leaving Home: They Returned To Afghanistan, But Not To Stability
In Pakistan, Khoja Gul was a businessman. He is Afghan, but like many around him, he moved across the border...
One Year On, How Close Are India And Pakistan To Another Conflict?
A year has passed since conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, briefly raising fears of an all-out war between...
Reparations, Responsibility And The Unfinished Business Of Empire
On Wednesday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated that he would urge King Charles III to return the Kohinoor diamond...
What Women’s Work Songs Reveal About The Changing Climate
Anusuyabai Pandekar and her daughter-in-law Mandabai sit facing each other beside a stone grindmill. The mill is still. No grain...
Chernobyl At 40: Secret Files Reveal Extent Of Soviet Cover-Up Attempt
On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were conducting a safety test. Doomed by a...
In A Fractured World Order, Where Does The Global South Fit In?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was one of the first world leaders to speak out about the “ruptured” world order...
Latest Attack On Trump Reflects Rising Political Violence In US
For the third time in three years, Donald Trump has come under threat by an attacker. Many facts remain unclear...
Democracy Meets Extreme Heat: Elections In A Warming Climate
On 13 February, 37-year-old Suraj stood for nearly four hours in open ground in Salem, Tamil Nadu, waiting to hear...
‘Hellhole’ Remark: India’s Global Image Still Battles Western Bias
"A baby here becomes an instant citizen, and then they bring the entire family in from China or India or...
Is Donald Trump Heading Towards A Pyrrhic Victory In Iran?
President Donald Trump has claimed victory in the war in Iran even before the conflict is over. But despite killing...
The End Of Oil? 53 Nations Gather To Plan A Fossil Fuel Phaseout
US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy...
What Iran’s Resilience Shows About Decentralisation, Collective Action
As the conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States deepens, there’s increasing clarity on the manner in which Iran...
4 Ways The Iran War Has Weakened The US In The Great Power Game
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have been in the minds...
Could Radical Humility Save The Planet?
In 1989, environmentalist Bill McKibben announced to the world that nature was dead. Due to the rapid rate and scale...
AIs Have ‘Personalities’ And Affect You More Deeply Than You May Realize
Many people are interacting with AI large language models, and most of them would say the models have different “personalities.”...
US Ceasefire With Iran: A Former Diplomat Explains 3 Possible Future Scenarios
President Donald Trump on April 7, 2026, announced a ceasefire between the United States and Iran, after more than a...
Bollywood Helped Make Me – Now, It Projects Modi’s Indian Nationalism
My earliest memories are of Methodist Mission quarters in the diocese of Dilkusha, Fiji. Dilkusha, the name of a minor...
‘Vishwaguru Exposed’: Congress Targets PM Modi’s Foreign Policy
The Congress party has launched a sharp political attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, arguing that recent geopolitical developments have...
How Closure Of Strait Of Hormuz Threatens Global Food Supply
The global energy crisis caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is only the beginning of the economic...
How ‘Eco‑Dystopian’ Novels From Asia & Africa Are Pushing Boundaries
Speculative and futuristic visions of environmental calamity are being imagined globally through environmental fiction. Eco-dystopian novels can help people process...
