Microplastics & Gutbiome
byPlastic pollution has extended beyond landscapes and oceans into the human body. Understanding what that means may prove to be one of the defining scientific questions of the coming decade.
Editor’s Picks
The Quad Trap: America’s Leash, India’s Illusion
byThe Quad is often portrayed as the crowning glory of US-India strategic partnership. It is also its most glaring vulnerability.
Dollar Hegemony, Economic Warfare & The Architecture Of Subjugation
byThe architecture of subjugation was built by human decisions. What humans have built, humans can change.
The New Geography Of Food
byClimate change is redrawing the map of global agriculture. Here’s how.
The AI Accountability Gap
byThe future of artificial intelligence will depend not only on what these systems can do but on how societies choose to govern them.
The Politics Of Humiliation & The New Global Disorder
byThe humiliations of the past continue to shape today’s geopolitics, hardening grievances into conflict.
War & Diplomacy
byPeace in the Middle East will not emerge from grand declarations or social-media bravado. It will come through negotiations between governments that distrust one another.
The Price Of Modi’s Economic Mismanagement
byUnder Modi, India’s economy faces the consequences of a decade of mismanagement.
Behind The Myth Of Soft Power, Hard Power Prevails
byThe resurgence of hard power in geopolitical dynamics across the world is unmistakable.
Bitcoin, Blockchain & The Architecture Of Trust
byThe rise of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency exposed a deeper question beneath modern finance: how do millions of strangers agree on reality?
Oil, War & The Collapse Of Energy Security
byThe world economy has spent decades building on the assumption of frictionless trade and dependable energy flows. Hormuz exposed the fragility of those assumptions.
The Industry of Ruin: How War Drives Profits
byWar creates opportunities to generate profit for some of the world’s largest corporations. The Industry based on destruction and ruin keeps the American economy alive.
The Normalisation of Brutality
by“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.” – William Golding, Lord of the Flies
The Banality Of Execution: How Israel Institutionalised Apartheid
byThe Holocaust’s memory, rather than becoming a moral obligation to resist dehumanisation, has been instrumentalised by the Israeli state as a shield against accountability.
Vaping & The Politics Of Partial Truths
byVaping, once cleverly marketed as a solution to reduce smoking, is turning into a public health problem whose consequences could be catastrophic.