Sri Lanka – Candidate for a New NATO Base?
By Peter Koenig
Sri Lanka, Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019: More than half a dozen bomb blasts shook the country killing from 250 to...
Cannabis: the problem with defining products around THC content
By Jessica Steinberg
Cannabis policy is undergoing a global revolution. Around the world, laws are changing. In the US, there are now 15 states in which cannabis...
Cosmopolitan Conceptions? Biopolitics and Emiratisation in Dubai’s IVF “Reprohub”
By Marcia C. Inhorn
Despite the political tumult in the Arab world, Dubai continues to draw medical tourists from around the globe, including infertile “reprotravellers”...
London, Manchester, Paris et al – State Terror on its own Citizens – Again...
By Peter Koenig
Are you still fantasising about justice, equality, and liberty? Peter Koenig elaborates on the understated claims of “False Flags”, the horrors of...
Understanding the Sustainable Lifestyle
By Steven Cohen
A sustainable environment and economy are possible only if they provide support to a sustainable lifestyle. This is a way of life...
Long Decisions Exploring New Ways to Decide What to Do
By Michael Mainelli and Robert Ghanea-Hercock
Today, with a smart phone, any individual on the planet has access to the power of most recorded knowledge....
Weaponising the World Bank and IMF – PressTV Interview
By Peter Koenig
Are these so-called financial institutions guilty of that, and how do they do it? – If so, this would point to the...
Transforming to Hybrid Work: The Importance of Cloud-Based Solutions
By David De Cremer
With the arrival of the pandemic, a new way of working also arrived: working remotely. Companies were forced to keep their...
Corporate Philanthropy’s COVID-19 Test
By Kalyah Ford and Renée Karibi-Whyte
As the COVID-19 pandemic impacts hundreds of thousands of lives and the very fabric of society globally, corporate philanthropy is playing a...
2016 Elections: The Political Process as a Mechanism of Control
By Vince Montes
This article examines the US political process and the duopoly party system within a vast array of state strategies and elite manipulation....
Trump’s War on Dangerous Memory and Critical Thought
By Henry A. Giroux
Trump’s election has unleashed a brand of savage capitalism that not only has and will continue to have horrible consequences, but...
2024: Predictions for the New World Disorder
By Graham Vanbergen
The Cold War peace dividend is disintegrating, geopolitical alliances are shifting, democracy is set to be challenged, AI is exponentially accelerating, and legacy...
Deconstructing And Dismantling The Rape Culture In India
By Parul Verma
Since the post-colonial era, India has witnessed a history of sexual assault, molestation, rape and violence against its women. On the rise...
COVID Vaccines Rollout are Starting to Arrive – Here’s How Everyone will Get Them
By Sarah Schiffling and Dr Liz Breen
The first batch of COVID vaccine has arrived in the UK, and the NHS has embarked on the largest...
How Coronavirus Might Have Changed TV Viewing Habits for Good – New Research
By Catherine Johnson and Lauren Dempsey
As new social restrictions are imposed to combat the spread of COVID-19, it will be no surprise if people...
Life After Trump
By Boris Kagarlitsky
Trump’s election is not just a separate random episode of current politics. It is also not an indicator of American exceptionalism. It...
Growing up in lockdown: young people give their perspectives
By Professor Barry Percy-Smith
Throughout the pandemic, decisions made by adults have had a significant impact on all aspects of young people’s lives, yet...
Ukraine War: What Are The Risks That Russia Will Turn To Its Nuclear Arsenal?
By Mark Webber and Nicole Fasola
Is Russia now led by someone who would contemplate using nuclear weapons without any great concern? Over Ukraine, Vladimir Putin...
Human Uniqueness At The Dawn Of Intelligent Machines
By Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dr. Dave Ulrich and Claudio Cisullo
Every generation wants to improve on the previous generation; however, this generation risks...
Has the Time Come for Hong Kong to Legalise Same-Sex Marriage?
By Dr. Karen Lee
Three controversial bills which would allow gay citizens to marry and adopt are going through Taiwan’s legislative process will, if passed,...
COVID Vaccines will be Here Soon – in the Meantime, Here’s How to Stay...
By Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Ana Paula Nacif
With several COVID vaccines closing in on regulatory approval, we can start to imagine a future after...
Loss and Damage of Climate Change – from Managing Risks to the Politics of...
By Swenja Surminski
With the passing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, efforts to fight the changing climate’s causes and consequences have received increased...
Food – Wars and Pharma – Trailblazing the Way to Human Demise
By Peter Koenig
In this article, Peter Koenig connects the dots and sheds light on how food, drugs, and bombs all play together in the...
Post-inauguration, restoring the soul of Biden’s America must be truly inclusive
By Daniel McNeil
Over the past few months, I’ve been editing a book about soulful beliefs, practices and feelings that overflow from their religious and...
Feed the Future of Agriculture with Vertical Farming
By Mark Esposito, Terence Tse, Khaled Soufani and Lisa Xiong
One big misconception is that produce grown from nontraditional methods is of lesser quality, and...
Is a New Wave of Covid-Fascism Invading Europe?
By Peter Koenig
German Doctor, Co-founder of ACU - German Extra-Parliamentary Commission for (Covid) Investigation, Arrested - and Swiss Parliament extending the Swiss Covid Emergency...
COVID-19 Vaccines are Coming – How will we Know they Work and are Safe?
By Adam Kleczkowski
Pfizer and BioNTech have just released interim results of their COVID-19 vaccine trial. Although it is not the only vaccine in the late stages of...
How to Help Artists and Cultural Industries Recover from the COVID-19 Disaster
By Louis-Etienne Dubois, David Gauntlett, and Ramona Pringle
To say that 2020 has been rough for the cultural and creative industries is an understatement. More...
Popular Music as an Avenue for Coping and Mental Health Awareness
Popular music is a collective term for music that has a huge appeal to a large-scale audience from around the world. It has a...
The Coming War on China
By John Pilger
When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect impression...
A Change Must Come: Race and Reform in Workplace Law
By Phillis H. Rambsy
Racial minorities seeking legal recourse for racial discrimination in the workplace often find that, if the law offers any remedies at all,...
Tokyo 2020: Does the Paralympics Empower Disabled People?
By Christopher Brown
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics are being used as a catalyst for a new global campaign aimed at removing discrimination faced by disabled people. Entitled...
‘The Anniversary Effect’: What one full year in lockdown has done to our psyche
In every corner of the world, you are confronted with various media recapping the past year and dissecting exactly how the pandemic has radically...
The Problems of Unfree Trade: Various Implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
By Binoy Kampmark
How free is the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Covering a region spanning 40 percent of the world’s GDP and 12 signatory states, an argument...
The US withdraws from Afghanistan after 20 years of war: 4 questions about this...
By Mark R. Jacobson
Mark R. Jacobson, a foreign policy expert at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, served in Afghanistan as a reserve officer...
Confucian Culture and the International Trend of Legalising Same-Sex Marriage
By Karen Lee
Steeped in centuries-old Confucian family order, China appears to be an unlikely place for same-sex marriage. A growing sense of activism, however,...
North Korea – UN Security Council’s – 15 : 0; – Choking a Country...
By Peter Koenig
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is being choked into submission if not starvation by the UN Security Council, by a...
The Delusions of Counterinsurgency
By David Martin Jones and Michael L.R. Smith
The theory and practice of counterinsurgency, ‘COIN’, preoccupied Western military thinking after 9/11. In the Political Impossibility...
Beyond The Story: BTS Biography is a Humanising, Literary Portrayal of K-pop’s World-leading Stars
By Jenessa Williams
In a climate of ever-increasing competition, it’s a real feat when any band makes it to their tenth anniversary bigger than ever....
Pay Secrecy
By Adrian Furnham
Even with today’s rapidly progressing society, there still exists a certain stigma towards the topic of salary or compensation. Employees have taken...
The Ongoing Lebanese Financial Crisis: Can There be Justice for Private Foreign Banking Customers?
By Kiran Nasir Gore and Charles H. Camp
In October 2019, Lebanon’s domestic financial crisis finally started to make international headlines. Mass protests erupted with a focus on...
Hindu Nationalism and the Consolidation of Hate Politics in India
By Kalim Siddiqui
When we look back, since the demolition of the Babri Masjid a quarter of century ago, it seems a well-planned and well-thought...
Enduring Gender Inequality in Politics: Where to from here?
By Emma Dalton
Women political leaders are no longer anomalies. But gender parity in politics is still a long way off. This paper considers why...
From Taylor Swift to BTS: Grammys 2021 Was a Much-needed Spectacle of Artistic Glory
The 2021 Grammy Awards held last March 14 was, by all means, unconventionally spectacular on all accounts. From showcasing household names like Taylor Swift...
COVID vaccines: combining AstraZeneca and Pfizer may boost immunity – new study
By Professor Tracy Hussell
Late last year, I asked: is it safe to have more than one type of COVID-19 vaccine? A trial has now addressed that question,...
Is a Cashless Society Realistic? The Rural Challenge to the Post-Pandemic “New Normal”
By Aaron van Klyton and Juan Fernando Tavera-Mesías
Mobile banking and digital payments (“m-payments”) were already core features of government development policies aimed at beefing...
Che – Viva! Hasta la Victoria Siempre!
By Peter Koenig
Moral consciousness is rising and the world owes it to the people who are standing up for the poor and powerless despite...
Why People Trust Sharing Economy Strangers More Than Their Colleagues
By Mareike Möhlmann
Trust is a crucial element in any relationship, not least when financial transactions are taking place. The rise of sharing economy platforms...
Perceived as Normal
By Jean Halley and Amy Eshleman
To be perceived as normal means to have power and privilege. Queer and feminist movements help us to see...
Zombie Politics
By Alexander Cohen and Chase Pielak
Zombies mirror deep seated cultural fears of lack of control, lawlessness, and powerlessness. In the modern world, they are a...
Why the Media is a Key Dimension of Global Inequality
By Nick Couldry and Clemencia Rodriguez
This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network....
Why every celebrity is suddenly obsessed with bitcoin
From A-list celebrities to social media personalities, the highly engaging nature of the bitcoin community is ever growing.
It wasn’t until recent years that the...
Yemen – Appeal to President Putin
By Peter Koenig
Dear President Putin,
Yemen, a peaceful and extremely poor country is being slaughtered, literally slaughtered by the Saudis, with the full weapons, funding...
Democracy in Exile and the Curse of Totalitarianism
By Henry Giroux
With his white supremacist ideology and racist contempt for Muslims on full display, President Trump has issued an executive order banning all...
Agile Anarchy is the Name of the Future
By Guido Stein and Alberto Barrachina
To build agile organizations you must understand human relationships
1. Change> Transform Your Approach to Transformation
This technical note explores some...
Venezuela – A Tribute for Her Endless Pursuit of Democracy
By Peter Koenig
Venezuela is again the shining light of Democracy – pushing ahead with the 6 December 2020 National Assembly (NA) elections – despite...
Increased Digitalisation of Services Trade in Today’s Global Economic Paralysis
By Sarita D. Jackson
During the coronavirus pandemic, there has been an increased role of cross-border trade in services through digital technology. The digitalisation of...
The Outlook For The Global Economy
By Graham Vanbergen
It really would be nice to think that Putin’s attack on Ukraine will be short-lived and the world begins its recovery from the...
How Cryptocurrency Can Help Non-profits and Investors Thrive in the ‘New Normal’
By Thomas Cauley
A decade ago nonprofit leaders were talking about the ways donors could change the world through social media. Today we’re talking about cryptocurrency.
The...
Make Drones Sound Less Annoying by Factoring in Humans at the Design Stage
By Dr Antonio J Torija Martinez
These days almost everyone has either flown a drone or listened to the nasty whining sound they produce. Although...
We Will Not Stop Talking about Racism
By Lawrence Ware and Rebecca Martinez
Many white people want to stop talking about racism. Consciousness implies action, and that kind of talking about race,...
Playing Genocide Politics: The Zenz-Xinjiang Case
By Dr Dan Steinbock
Recently, the Trump and Biden administrations have initiated a genocide case against China. Like during the Cold War, some European leaders...
China Looks West: What Is at Stake in Beijing’s “New Silk Road” Project
Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett and Wu Bingbing
Not even two years into what will almost certainly be a ten-year tenure as China’s president, Xi...
COVID-19 Could Nudge Minds and Societies Towards Authoritarianism
By Leor Zmigrod
It is a little-known fact that humans have not one but two immune systems. The first, the biophysical immune system – the...
The Insanity of Sustainability
By Peter Koenig
“Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War” – Plato.
This wisdom is as valid today as it was 2,500 years ago....
Why Denmark dominates the World Happiness Report rankings year after year
By Marie Helweg-Larsen
This year’s World Happiness Report again ranks Denmark among the top three happiest of 155 countries surveyed – a distinction that the country has...
Why is Gentrification so Gay?
By Dana Collins
What exactly does “gay” have to do with gentrification? Looking at a case study of gay urban community in a global South...
What Do We Know About Mass Shootings?
By Frederic Lemieux
In this article, the author examines key elements defining mass shootings and the evolution of definitions over time. The article also scrutinises...
Anti-Asian racism during coronavirus: How the language of disease produces hate and violence
By Paula Larsson
Self-isolation. Quaratine. Lockdown. The outbreak of COVID-19 and its subsequent dissemination across the globe has left a shock wave of disbelief and confusion...
How the Fear of Racial Dialogue Divides Us
By Kupiri Ackerman-Barger
Conversations about race have become more explosive and polarised – meaning that it is necessary to begin constructive interracial dialogue. For many,...
The Frighteningly High Human and Financial Costs of War
By Rami G Khouri
The ravages and costs of war can persist for generations after the fighting and bombing stop.
We have always known that war...
Know Your History! Why Historical Awareness Makes You a Better Leader
By David De Cremer
The truism that you learn from the past can be applied in almost all aspects of life, even in business so...
Good governance is the missing prescription for better digital health care
By Linying Dong
Recently Ontario released its Digital First for Health strategy — aiming to further digitize health care and end the problem of overcrowded hospitals and “hallway...
How Green is your Christmas Tree?
By Professor Ian D. Rotherham
There’s no way around the fact that Christmas has a large carbon footprint, from the travelling we do to the presents...
Conspiracy Theory – What Is It?
By Peter Koenig
Being blamed for disseminating “conspiracy theories” and therefore being a conspiracy theorist, is an extraordinarily and smart tactic used by the true...
Who is Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s pick for vice president?
By Bryan Cranston
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has announced Kamala Harris as his running mate for the 2020 election — the first woman of colour to...
Duterte’s Global Impact
From the Editors
On 1st July 2016, Rodrigo Duterte will begin his term as the President of the Republic of the Philippines.
Mr Duterte has formidable...
Vaccine Nationalism Is a Multilateral, Neocolonial Failure
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
In the coming months, vaccine nationalism is likely to compound COVID-19 economic damage and penalize more lives. It reflects the utter...
Brexit – How the British People were Hacked
By Graham Vanbergen
In today’s context, social engineering has now moved on – dramatically. It refers to the manipulation of people into performing actions they wouldn't normally...
The Future of Film
By Holly Willis
Cinema, the primary vehicle for storytelling in the 20th century, is in the midst of exciting transformation as the tools, practices, venues...
Our Research Shows Home Working Didn’t Harm Mental Health at the Start of the...
By Jacques Wels
One of the key changes to our daily lives brought about by the COVID pandemic was, for those able to do so,...
Covid 19 & the Forgotten Working Class
By Jack Rasmus
We hear a lot these days about providing benefits and income for the tens of millions of workers who are being laid off,...
Race Against Race
From the Editors
Dubois said that the enduring problem of the 20th Century would be race.
He probably meant that the enduring problem for the...
Brexit and Immigration: The Looming Labour Market Crisis
By Erica Consterdine
With Brexit little more than a year away, one of the most pressing issues remains unresolved – immigration. Policymakers are grappling with how...
WHY DO I LIVE HERE?: On Muslim youth growing up on the front lines...
By Reva Jaffe Walter
Denmark has some of the most restrictive immigration and refugee policies in Europe. Muslim youth are at the front lines of...
Identity Politics: Diversion from the Growing Economic Crisis?
By Ghada Chehade
Despite the reality of ever-increasing economic despair – including, and perhaps especially, for minorities – no one is willing to talk about class...
As Afghanistan falls, what does it mean for the Middle East?
By Tony Walker
In the 19th century, the phrase “The Great Game” was used to describe competition for power and influence in Afghanistan, and neighbouring...
United Nations – Celebrating 70 Years of Human Rights – And Condoning 70 Years...
By Peter Koenig
On 14 of May 1948 – Israel declared unilaterally her independence in a foreign land, called Palestine, supported by a UN Resolution sponsored...
Turkey-Syria Earthquakes: a Seismologist Explains What Has Happened
By Jenny Jenkins
An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria. Data from seismometers which measure shaking...
Requiem for the Post-9/11 Wars, and those to Come
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
For days, international media have been promoting the 20-year anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. That day, I...
Learning to Live in the World Instead of Ruling It
By John Grant
So how should Americans live in this new world? That’s the crossroads we’re at, the question at hand. Some advocate a very...
Decrypting The Aspiring Indian Low-Income Consumer
By Glyn Atwal, Douglas Bryson and Ambi Parameswaran
In this article, Glyn Atwal, Douglas Bryson and Ambi Parameswaran highlight the common misconceptions held by companies...
As the World Watches US Election, the Appeal of America is Diminished
By Liam Kennedy
A US presidential election always draws intense worldwide interest, in part due to the spectacle, but also because the leadership of the...
The Climate Crisis Dilemma
By Graham Vanbergen
The climate crisis is now changing global finance – Graham Vanbergen asks the question do we want to pay for it now...
Why Another Lockdown Might be Needed in February 2021
By Dr Peter Sivey and Dr James Gaughan
England recently emerged from a four-week lockdown into a series of tiered restrictions, and there is good...
Chile: The Capitalist Alternative to Venezuela in Latin America
By Rainer Zitelmann
Chile and Venezuela are the two counter-models in Latin America. Chile embodies the capitalist path, while Venezuela the socialist path. But Chile has...
“Anti-Americanism” in the Philippines. President Duterte’s Subaltern Counter-Hegemony
By E. San Juan Jr.
Guerilla Incursions from the Boondocks
“A howling wilderness” was what General Jacob Smith ordered his troops to make of Samar, Philippines....
Is this the end of trickle-down economics?
By Graham Vanbergen
The global pandemic has changed everything, highlighting the failures of economic policy that has dominated the Western world for the last 50...
Sustainable Mobility after the Pandemic
By Emma Saxena and Michael Palocz-Andresen
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused changes in frame conditions that enabled individuals to create new environmental-friendly habits. These hold the potential to...
Decentralised Finance and UNSDGs – How should regulators respond?
By Dr Iwa Salami
This article looks at what Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is and its potential to facilitate the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development...