Category: World Affairs

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

There is no guarantee that the next pandemic will involve a respiratory virus. The recent proliferation of rodents in Australia suggests that a virus or bacterium carried by

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

Mutually assured destruction (MAD) is also no longer a maintainable strategy and this increases the risk of the use of nuclear weapons

America’s challenge now more than ever before is to reassert itself in the world in a meaningful and constructive way

The war will eventually come to an end, and no matter how it ends, the world will be somewhat changed

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

The war in Ukraine has yet again exposed, despite the holiest-than-thou rhetoric, the double standards which continue to prevail in the world regarding international rules and principles or

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

In this great game of Super Chicken, Putin won decisively and Biden was a pigeon

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

Many defence contractors have seen their share prices soar since the war began

The question after Ukraine’s experience is whether the US is more interested in an economics-based approach to foreign policy or a principles-based approach

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

It is no secret that American elections cost a lot of money. But is it really true that the role of undisclosed cash donated by the ultra rich