Month: October 2025
From A Beacon of Democracy to Authoritarian Rule
There is a growing consensus among many notable political scientists and historians that America is at a perilous crossroads; Trump has chosen the road that leads to disastrous authoritarianism. The
Read MoreThe Changing Monsoon in The Himalayas: Lessons from Bhutan’s Floods
By Madhurima Sarkar-Swaisgood, Prangya Paramita Gupta, Shashwat Avi, and Sanjay Srivastava, ESCAP* BANGKOK | 29 October 2025 (WorldView) — The Himalayan arc from Bhutan through Nepal and India into Pakistan
Read MoreThe Pursuit of Happiness
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 28 October 2025 (WorldView) —Want to be happy? Read on! Sigmund Freud, the great psychiatrist, said that people can never be fully happy. But
Read MoreCuba: International Hotel Chains Allowed to Lease—and Operate—State-Owned Resorts
By Rodrigo Pérez MIAMI, USA | 27 October 2025 (WorldView) — In an unexpected step for one of the world’s most tightly managed economies, Cuba has approved a new policy
Read MoreThe World Confronts the Genocide Washington Is Trying to Bury
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies NEW YORK | 27 October 2025 (WorldView) — On 4 October 2025, in an interview with Axios, President Trump stressed that one
Read MoreWars on Women Escalate as Global Conflicts Surge
A landmark UN report sounds the alarm This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 23 October 2025 (WorldView) — When we think about war and peace, we often
Read MoreWhy Real Peace Demands Palestinian Statehood and Ukrainian Neutrality
By Jeffrey D. Sachs & Sybil Fares This article was originally published on Al Jazeera and is being reproduced with the authors’ permission. NEW YORK | 24 October 2025 (WorldView)
Read MoreThe CIA Under Trump’s Administration and Its Activities
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 21 October 2025 (WorldView) — In Charles Dickens’s novel “A Tale of Two Cities”, set during the French revolution of 1789, he draws the
Read MoreFrom Food Aid to Free Trade: Europe Courts India — With Caveats
Brussels Has Yet to Learn Lessons This article first appeared on https://rjaura.substack.com By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | 20 October 2025 (WorldView) —Since the 1960s, India has prioritized strategic autonomy in
Read MoreLatest UN Resolution Puts Sri Lanka’s Commitment To The Test
By A.L.A. Azeez* This article was first published on Daily FT. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 19 October 2025 (WorldView) — Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath made a statement in Parliament on Thursday, explaining
Read MoreHow Island Nations Are Rewriting Climate Finance
Caribbean states are pioneering bold financial reforms to survive climate change. This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 18 October 2025 (WorldView) — When hurricanes strike the Caribbean,
Read MoreThe World Needs Compassion with Urgency to Eradicate Poverty
By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The writer is Chairman, World Forum for Peace & Justice. NEW YORK | 18 October 2025 (WorldView) — The 33rd commemoration of the International Day for
Read MoreUN Experts Urge Germany to End Crackdown on Palestinian Solidarity Protests
By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA | 17 October 2025 (WorldView) — A group of United Nations human rights experts has called on Germany to stop criminalising and using police violence against
Read MoreThe Dealmaker Returns: Trump, Gaza, and the Illusion of Peace
By Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Editor-In-Chief of LEADERSHIP and the author of the new book Writing for Media and Monetising It. ABUJA, Nigeria | 16 October 2025 (WorldView)
Read MoreThe Unthinkable Again: America’s Fragile Taboo on Nuclear War
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 14 October 2025 (WorldView) — I’m just out of the cinema having seen Kathryn Bigelow’s masterful film, A House of Dynamite, about a nuclear
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