The weakness of the urban middle class and their sense of isolation has become a bastion for the support for autocracy. Fear of a social revolution has been the main driver in the alliance between the military and the urban middle class.
Lord Shiva is one God who assimilates in his person all contradictions. Modi did the same!
Brazil could play a critical role in promoting stability in an uncertain world. But no. From openDemocracy.
Pundits have long criticised the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for propagating Wahhabism, its austere brand of Sunni Islam, but have failed to address the underlying regional context.
Turkey’s democratic future is dependent on a government and political opposition that foster national unity and a pluralist political culture and values of power sharing.
"Tarlabaşı is a place to hide." Soon, there won't be any place to hide…
The challenge of jihadism in Iraq, Syria, Libya and elsewhere is reinforcing the United States's embrace of "remote control" warfare.
Past injustices inflicted on the last outpost of empire need to be acknowledged – and redressed.
OSCE mediators urge an end to attacks after a month in which the 20-year-old ceasefire was broken in thousands of incidents.
The last Minsk agreement on eastern Ukraine failed to bring peace. The latest looks similar—but the context has changed.
The Syrian Arab Army has multiple charities that go house to house looking after its men in uniform.
Notwithstanding the ceasefire agreed in Minsk, unless Western policymakers take into account just how fragile the situation inside Ukraine really is, the promise of last year's Maidan revolution may be snuffed out.
