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Watching from Afar

Watching from Afar

Europe is closely observing the American election this year. It does not take much to realize that the US-EU relation has been dwindling owing to Trump’s choice of adjectives for the region’s leaders and policies, and the overall lack of consensus over key issues like climate change and

Where’s the Real, Where’s the Unreal?

Where’s the Real, Where’s the Unreal?

The votes might not be wholly counted until Friday. Major swing states like Pennsylvania are still left to be claimed as a victory ground for the Blues or the Reds. By the time you read this, perhaps there would be more clarity about who wins, without any weight being given

All’s Fair that Ends Well

All’s Fair that Ends Well

The Democrats of 2016 were characterized by complacency. They did not regard Donald J. Trump – business tycoon and a ‘brat’ of a man – as a worthwhile contender who could make it to the White House, let alone get a whole term as President. Hillary Clinton and her campaign managers were

Secularism, Politics, and Everything In-between

Secularism, Politics, and Everything In-between

France’s secularism, laicite as it’s called, prohibits the public expression of religion. Democratic rights also include that to blaspheme. So, it wasn’t out of context or an act of destruction when Samuel Paty displayed controversial cartoons to prove this point in his module on freedom of expression.

A Luck-Bound Deterrence

A Luck-Bound Deterrence

If the fiasco of Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren’t enough to steer the world’s attention towards the damage that nuclear weapons could do and the scale of such damage, the 45 years that followed should have served that purpose. The Cold War between the US and erstwhile-USSR (a term