Month: April 2022
Oil and Gas Extraordinary Revenues: Consumers Paying the Price
DESPARDES Report: The oil and gas supply crisis unleashed by geopolitical conditions represents new business…
Women Politicians: Gender Parity Will Not Be Achieved Before 2063
By Mariela Jara in IPS: Women entering the political arena in Peru face multiple obstacles…
Blinken and Austin Visit Kyiv. Nato Ships Arrive in Finland.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made a swift…
Putin’s Grand Ambitions and NATO’s Crisis of Nuclear Credibility
The invasion of Ukraine, and the rhetoric surrounding it, has revealed the scope of Vladimir…
Transgenders Julie, Mannat and Sapna (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM — A few transgenders I had met at a markaz (marketplace) in Islamabad…
Political Cartoons Weekending April 24, 2022
Best political cartoons pick weekending April 24, 2022: More here.
A Move to Undermine the Anachronistic Veto Powers in the Security Council Gains Traction
The five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council (UNSC) – UK, US, France,…
Nuclear Deterrence and Russia’s War in Ukraine
By Robin Wright for The New Yorker: In his Nobel Peace Prize speech, in 1991,…
Blue Dress and Tosha Khana
IRSHAD SALIM – Imran Khan has successfully Oscar Tangoed the overall concept of Tosha Khana…
Artificial Intelligence is Creating a New Colonial World Order
An MIT Technology Review series investigates how AI is enriching a powerful few by dispossessing…
Rents Are Rising Everywhere in U.S. and in Australia
Rents continue to rise at the fastest pace in decades, making housing costlier than ever…