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Thanks to John Bolton, we seem to have entered a new universe of primordial punishment, directed at anyone unwilling to conform to US dictates or bow down before its global authority. Hired in March as national security adviser to give new impetus...

We are social beings who need close supportive contact with others for both psychological and physical health. Interest in celebrities, as part of a broader preoccupation with the culture of entertainment, has infiltrated almost every aspect of life...

To those who say that peace is never possible in Kashmir, remember that no one could predict the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Let’s take the example of two landlords, A and B (India and Pakistan), first cousins, both very powerful, with large...

There is a planet-wide experiment that seems to be failing. You could think of it as humanity’s experiment with industrial civilization. There was a period in my later life when I used to say that, from the age of 20 to my late 60s, I was always...

The South Caucasus must shift away from geopolitical antagonism and focus on productive developments that leave questions of political legitimacy for later. The Syrian government’s recognition of independence of the de facto republics of Abkhazia...