A number of factors threaten environmental stability and spur climate change. Asia exemplifies that dams and democracy do not go well together. Dam building has run into major grassroots opposition in major Asian democracies. But it continues unhindered in countries where grassroots empowerment is absent. In recent weeks, one of the most pristine Himalayan rivers...
India’s American-backed anti-Chinese “containment” strategy seeks to have New Delhi establish control over crucial nodes along the Sea Lines Of Communication (SLOC) in the Afro-Indian Ocean, but the country’s plans are being thwarted by China’s ingenuity in crafting asymmetrical workarounds to these future chokepoints. Background Dynamics Make no mistake about it, there’s a New Cold War...
For the first hundred years of American history, the United States was founded on the concept of a limited-government republic, one whose government did not intervene in the affairs of other nations, specifically in Europe and Asia. America’s non-interventionist philosophy was summed up by John Quincy Adams’ Fourth of July address to Congress in 1821,...
A case study and comparison of events of the American Vietnam War of the previous century and the current ongoing Afghanistan War should indicate which of the two statements is more accurate. The Background of the Two Conflicts The background of the two conflicts has many similarities. Both Vietnam and Afghanistan were ravaged by foreign...
By Asif Husain ,Goa The beautiful state of Goa has many good initiatives to tell the world about its social harmony . The secret behind it, needs to be explored and shared with the other states of Goa. The “peaceful state” tag needs to be upheld and in times when politics of hate and...
इंस्टिट्यूट ऑफ ऑब्जेक्टिव स्टडीज के अंतर्गत आज दिल्ली इस्थित कांस्टीट्यूशन क्लब ऑफ इंडिया में शानदार अधिवेशन शुरू हुआ, तीन दिवसीय इस प्रोग्राम में राष्ट्रीय व अंतराष्ट्रीय के प्रख्यात लेखक, विचारक और शोधकर्ता शामिल हो रहे हैं। आज के उद्घाटन समारोह में मुख्य अतिथि पूर्व चीफ जस्टिस ऑफ इंडिया जगदीश सिंह खेहर ने कहा कि मानव...
MT News Network Valpoi (Goa) Amateur Throwball Association had organised state level throwball championship for sub-junior, junior, senior (for girls and boys) at forest training ground Valpoi recently. Ponda Boys SC and Avenger Girls bagged the championship in senior category at Valpoi. In junior category, Kamaxi boys and RD Khalap Girls won the championship. Meanwhile,...
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...
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...
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...