E.J. Dionne Jr. and Miles Rapoport on Voting as Public Responsibility at Literary Hub: One hundred percent democracy sounds like a grade someone has achieved in a course—and we would like to believe that our American system can be remade to live up to its promise and become worthy of such acclaim. It refers specifically toContinue reading “An Argument For Compulsory Attendance at the Polls”
Monthly Archives: March 2022
Kalash Valley Locals Unique Burial Rituals (Video)
The locals of Kalash valley have a different identity and culture. They also have different burial rituals for the dead. Known as one of the world’s oldest cultures, the Kalashas have a unique lifestyle. In Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), there are three small valleys inhabited by the Kalasha tribal groups: Biriu (Birir), Rukmo (Rambor), andContinue reading “Kalash Valley Locals Unique Burial Rituals (Video)”
NED: The Legal Window of the CIA
By Thierry Meyssan: For 30 years, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has been sub-contracting the legal part of illegal CIA operations. Without rousing suspicions, it has put in place the biggest network of corruption in the world, bribing trade unions and management syndicates , political parties both on both the Right and Left soContinue reading “NED: The Legal Window of the CIA”
China Dubs National Endowment for Democracy “Second CIA”
China on Tuesday accused the United States of using its organization the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to topple governments around the world. During a regular news briefing, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the NED is believed to be a “second CIA”. “This [NED] self-proclaimed “non-governmental” and “non-profit” organization actually has longContinue reading “China Dubs National Endowment for Democracy “Second CIA””
History Indicates the Russians Won’t Abandon Putin. West Thinks Otherwise.
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager and Evgeniya Pyatovskaya in The Conversation: The West is punishing Russia, hoping that the dire economic crisis provoked by sanctions will put an end to the bloody war against Ukraine, an independent state that was once an integral part of the Soviet Union. We as international critical cultural scholars with extensive experience in various geopoliticalContinue reading “History Indicates the Russians Won’t Abandon Putin. West Thinks Otherwise.”
An Interesting Case Study
A western educated Mohammad Mosaddegh served as the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953, and nationalized the country’s oil industry, depriving UK of 51% stakes in Iranian oil. As a result of Mosaddegh’s actions, which had seriously hurt British post-war economy, his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d’état orchestrated jointlyContinue reading “An Interesting Case Study”
Girls With Earrings (جھمکےاُتارے جاتے ہیں)
Girl with a Pearl Earring is a historical novel set in 17th-century Holland. It’s a fictional account of the model and the painting done by a local painter. Novelist Tracy Chevalier’s inspiration for the novel was a poster of painter Johannes Vermeer’s artwork Girl with a Pearl Earring. The plot of the novel focuses onContinue reading “Girls With Earrings (جھمکےاُتارے جاتے ہیں)”
Trip to Saudi Arabia: China’s Xi May Visit in May
The trip could happen as soon as May, Reuters reported on March 15 citing the Wall Street Journal. “The visit could help the kingdom deepen its ties with Beijing at a time of strained relations with Washington.” COMMENT: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) may be the one having the distinction of castingContinue reading “Trip to Saudi Arabia: China’s Xi May Visit in May”
China’s Outreach to the OIC
AMB. G R BALUCH – It was on July 9, 1971, that Mr Henry Kissinger, the then National Security Advisor to US President Richard Nixon, traveled from Islamabad to Beijing to meet Chinese Premier Zhou En Lai. Indeed, a momentous trip that changed world politics for good. China and the US established diplomatic relations andContinue reading “China’s Outreach to the OIC”