Floating Prisons, Flags of Shame, and Profit Over People: Â The Dark Side of Global Shipping
The silent tragedy that is unfolding across the world's oceans poses a significant threat to the maritime industry. Seafarer abandonment, once a shadowy issue...
When General Sam Manekshaw Strolled Into My Office
It was sometime in the year 1973 when, being posted as a grade two staff officer in the weapons & equipment Directorate, I was...
Asia’s Nuclear Landscape: A Complex Web of Threats
Nine countries are known to have nuclear weapons; however, the United States and Russia continue to control nearly 90% of the global nuclear arsenal....
From Chile to Ukraine: USAID’s Alleged Role in Decades of Destabilization and Regime Change
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID is in the process of ending operations. Its destructive activities on a global scale have come to...
Is Bangladesh Getting Back To (East) Pakistan?
As tension between Hindus and Muslims kept mounting, one Muslim Movement activist, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, coined the name Pakistan in January 1933, suggesting a...