The visit of President Xi Jinping to North Korea has to be seen beyond a fact that it is taking place after seven years or in being the first overseas …
Opinion
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One year is a long time in a nation’s memory, yet it is a blink of an eye in an airline’s life, especially one that is recovering from such a …
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The goal in most PR crises is not to win everyone back. It is to find the people still willing to listen, earn their attention, and trust in truth. Truth …
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Why Bangladesh’s Pivot Toward Türkiye Could Redefine South Asia’s Geopolitical Landscape
by Shahidul Alam Swapan 18 minutes readThere is a particular kind of diplomatic moment that historians recognize only in retrospect a quiet turning point that, at the time, appears modest in ambition but proves, in the …
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Opinion: Spying on Close Friends is Serious Business
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readIt is the last thing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted or even expected more than a reported steamy expletive laced call from President Donald Trump last week. The Pentagon …
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So, you thought that Lord Ganesh was always venerated for being a Siddhi-data (One who grants success) and Vighna-harta (Remover of obstacles)? Apparently, he was not. Ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi, …
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Beyond Balance Sheets: The Case for “Geopoeconomic” Literacy
by Neelanjana Paul and Kamala Kanta Dash 6 minutes readFor much of the post-Cold War era, business leaders could focus primarily on markets, consumers, competition, finance, and technology. The global economy appeared to move steadily towards greater integration. Supply …
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“One tree alone cannot make a hill; three trees together make a high mountain.” – Vietnamese proverb Walk through Da Nang or Hanoi today, and it is not unusual to …
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Soul Talk: Most Marriages End Years Before the Divorce
by Chhavi Upadhyay 3 minutes readMira, 37, a software engineer thriving in her career, had been consulting me for over two years on her professional decisions. In one session, almost in passing, she said she …
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India welcomed a rather unusual guest this week. Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing’s four-day visit began on May 30. It comes about two months after he successfully changed his military …