As the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group steams into the Caribbean and US forces intensify operations against alleged drug traffickers, the Trump administration appears to be signaling a more aggressive posture toward Venezuela. While the official justification centers on counter-narcotics enforcement, the scale and symbolism of deploying the world’s largest aircraft carrier suggest [...]
The Grand Chamber judgment delivered unanimously by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) July 9 in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia represents a transformative moment in international human rights law. The ruling does far more than document Russia’s systematic violations from 11 May 2014 to 16 September 2022. It fundamentally recalibrates the ECHR’s [...]
Pakistan’s proposed Twenty-Seventh Constitutional Amendment (PCA), which is being hurried through Parliament, introduces sweeping changes to the country’s judicial and military structures. The amendment seeks to restructure the Supreme Court, establish a new Federal Constitutional Court, and redefine the hierarchy of the armed forces. Whether the PCA undermines judicial independence is a serious concern in [...]
The Red Scare blacklist era—one in which those in the entertainment industry were targeted, investigated and ostracized for their supposed political sympathies and associates—remains one of the film industry’s darkest chapters. It was a time when fear and conformity eclipsed both principle and legality. Today, under the guise of political activism, we are watching the [...]
“Left out here and driven away from there” — this old Dari proverb describes a person who has been rejected from both sides, meaning they can neither stay in the first place nor be accepted in the second. For 20-year-old Yasna, a young Afghan woman, and hundreds of thousands of other Afghan people who fled [...]
Forget the TV drama of “democracy under attack.” There is no season twist on Capitol Hill, no slick villain delivering a chilling monologue to a string-quartet soundtrack, and no mastermind plotting from half a world away to bring America to its knees. The real plot twist unfolds much closer to home. It is the claim [...]
Kingfish Maine Comes to Town In the spring of 2020, Kingfish Maine (KM)—a US subsidiary of the Norwegian company Kingfish—set out to build a $110 million on-shore fish farm in Jonesport, Maine, a small fishing town of roughly 1,245 people. KM’s representatives quickly set about embedding themselves in the community, hosting meet-and-greets at local hangouts [...]
As the world faces unprecedented challenges—global conflicts, humanitarian crises, and a growing sense of injustice—it is imperative that we establish a robust and credible Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine. The successful establishment of this tribunal greatly depends on its leadership, which must be characterized by both depth of experience and a [...]
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory, I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don’t think it’s human to become an agent of the angel of death. Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) Holocaust survivor and [...]
Pakistan, established in 1947 as a homeland for South Asia’s Muslims, occupies a pivotal position in regional geopolitics, navigating complex relationships with neighboring Afghanistan and global powers. While Pakistan seeks strategic autonomy through cooperative alliances, its most pressing challenge emerges from the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a nation it regards as a brotherly Muslim state. This article [...]
