Politics
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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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The Enduring Human Quest for Just Governance From the moment humanity first gathered in communities, a fundamental paradox emerged. As we began to live socially, we collectively developed “shared artefacts” – not just tools and technologies, but also the very structures of organisation and decision-making necessary for our collective development. Yet, almost as soon as
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For centuries, philosophers have looked to nature for insight into how we ought to live. Taoist sages, observing rivers that bend around obstacles and trees that yield to the wind, found lessons in quiet adaptability. Charles Darwin too uncovered profound truths in nature, showing through his theory of evolution that life advances by selecting traits
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I’ve been reading Angela Merkel’s biography, Freedom, and found myself pausing over her memories not because I agreed, but because I disagreed so deeply. It’s an honest book, personal and vivid — but it also reveals how thoroughly our upbringing and beliefs shape what we praise and what we condemn. Merkel tells a small story
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