Politics
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Trump’s Second Tenure Through Unapologetic Power Politics Through a lens of unapologetic power politics, this essay abandons neutrality by design. I have written elsewhere about restraint, ethics, and the human cost of state behaviour. I have argued for balance, legality, and moral responsibility in international relations. This time, I am doing the opposite, openly and
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For much of history, power was understood as possession. To rule meant to command land, labour, resources, or trade. Political authority followed material dominance, and global order could be explained by who controlled what. That logic shaped empires, revolutions, and ideologies. It no longer explains the world we inhabit. Today, economists speak of debt, inflation,
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As diplomatic channels whisper of potential ceasefires, a more concrete battle is crystallising in Europe’s courtrooms and council meetings: the fate of roughly €260 billion in immobilised Russian central bank assets. The question is no longer whether to freeze, but whether to seize and transfer these funds to Ukraine. This debate exposes a deep rift
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Meta Description: A legal and moral analysis of the Israel-Hamas conflict, exploring the ICC, ICJ, US vetoes, Arab inaction, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza — with a call for global accountability and a two-state solution. Excerpt: As Gaza endures a devastating humanitarian crisis, this article examines the legal reckoning, political complicity, and urgent need
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The night the sky fell in Doha will be remembered not just for the destruction it caused but for the map it redrew. In September 2025, Israeli jets pierced the skies of Qatar’s capital and struck a residential compound, killing a Qatari security officer and five Hamas operatives. For a city that prides itself on
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The world doesn’t move in straight lines. It lurches, jolted by clashing forces until something breaks and something new takes shape. Donald Trump’s 2025 tariffs, sold as a fist-pump for American strength, are one such jolt. Instead of rebuilding a nation, they are rattling allies, emboldening rivals, and hitting everyday Americans where it hurts most:
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Dialectics is a fundamental method of understanding progress and change, first identified as a mode of reasoning by ancient philosophers like Socrates and Plato, and later systematised by the German idealist philosopher G. W. F. Hegel. Hegel formulated dialectics as a dynamic process where a concept or state of affairs (a thesis) inevitably generates its
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When the United States threatens a 50% tariff on Indian goods, it is not just a matter of trade—it is leverage built on India’s dependence. Washington knows it holds two trump cards: India’s vast consumer market and its taxpayer-funded talent pipeline. Silicon Valley’s engineers, Wall Street’s analysts, and America’s technology giants thrive on Indian graduates
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Throughout history, thinkers have tried to explain how the world changes and how societies progress. Karl Marx once remarked, “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” This statement marked a turning point, shifting focus from merely understanding the world to actively transforming it. Marx and
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Every war, whether fought with bullets or tariffs, springs from a single, primal fear: economic decline. Strip away the rhetoric of ideology, religion, or sovereignty, and you find nations acting not out of strength but out of dread—a gnawing anxiety that their economic future is slipping away. From Hitler’s Germany to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
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