Blockchain technology and the birth of the so-called cryptocurrencies finds deep roots in three contributing factors: the advance of technology: the manipulation of global economic and financial rules; and the persistent attempt to weaken the national economies of countries that geopolitically challenge the US power system. In this first article I address these issues from...
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January 29, 2018September 18, 2025Opinion, Special Column, World
Economic Collapse and Dollar Hegemony – How Did This Start?
In the previous article I explained why bitcoin should be considered a reaction to US dollar hegemony and how other nations and central banks are facing the crisis of the dollar brought on by de-dollarization. In this article I will go into how we came to this point and what mechanisms helped to bring about a debt-based society. In...
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This is how nuclear war with North Korea would unfold – step by step
With the Doomsday Clock set at two minutes to midnight, it is not unreasonable to consider the all-too-plausible worst-case scenario of nuclear war, when millions die from a couple of mistakes and a tweet. No one wants to fight a nuclear war. Not in North Korea, not in South Korea and not in the United...
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January 29, 2018September 18, 2025National
Economic Survey 2017-18: Ten key takeaways of India’s economy
The annual Economic Survey was tabled in Parliament this afternoon. The annual Economic Survey was tabled in Parliament on Monday. The report card of the Indian economy for financial year 2017-18 pegged the growth rate for India’s economy in 2018-19 between 7 and 7.5 per cent. The survey is authored by Chief Economic Adviser Arvind...
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जानिये कौन है, झूठी खबर फैलाने वाली मधु किश्वर ?
इस देश में ही नहीं पूरी दुनिया में अफवाह और झूठ से लबालब ख़बरें नफ़रत फैलाने और राजनीतिक उद्देश्यों की पूर्ति के लिए फैलाई जाती रही हैं. पर झूठ के इस घटिया कारोबार में पिछले कुछ साल से भारी बढ़ोतरी हुई है. दरअसल सोशलमीडिया की आने के बाद नफ़रतवादियों ने इसका जमकर उपयोग किया है....
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January 27, 2018September 18, 2025Education, Islam, Special Column
The Grave Implications of “Feminist Islam”
One of the leading Muslim feminists once wrote that Muslims need to feel comfortable saying “no” to the Quran. Well, it’s time for Muslims to feel comfortable saying “no” to feminism. I met my wife when we were both college students at Harvard. We both considered ourselves feminists as young adults. This is because we had...
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The Incoherence of Moral Progress
Liberal secular progressives (including humanists, atheists, reformists, etc.) think there is nothing wrong with morality changing over time and view it as a natural, inevitable process that we should all embrace. Unfortunately for them, they are deeply confused about the very nature of morality. These individuals have no problem with religious morality being discarded...
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January 27, 2018September 18, 2025Opinion, Special Column, World
The Trump Doctrine in a Regional Context
The last section of the new US National Security Strategy (NSS) describes the envisaged application of the Trump Doctrine in a regional context all across the world, and it’s worthwhile to examine what storylines will most likely be advanced by the policy document’s intrinsic infowar component. This analysis is divided according to the geographic categories contained in the...
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January 27, 2018September 18, 2025Muslim World, Opinion, World
Turkish-Kurdish War Or Daesh Civil War?
A superficial reading of “Operation Olive Branch” indicates that it’s a Turkish-Kurdish war, but the details of who’s fighting make it look a lot more like a Daesh civil war in its opening stages, and that’s exactly what both Ankara and the YPG originally intended. The commencement of Turkey’s “Operation Olive Branch” has led to...
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January 27, 2018September 18, 2025Muslim World, Opinion, World
Turkey: ‘Olive Branch’ of War
Turkey’s “Operation Olive Branch” was recently commenced with the stated intent of destroying what Ankara believes to be “Kurdish terrorists” in the northwestern Syrian region of Afrin. The NATO member earlier warned that it would be forced to intervene there in response to the existential threat that the US’ plans for deploying a 30,000-strong “Border Security Force” pose to its...