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SYRIA : THE PRICE OF RESISTANCE
Chandra Muzaffar || 22 March 2021 Few nations in recent decades have been targeted by a superpower the way the United States of America has subjected Syria to various forms of attack. Apart from military assaults and acts of political […]

Magellan, Inquisition and Globalisation
Felice Noelle Rodriguez & Jomo Kwame Sundaram || 16 March 2021 KUALA LUMPUR: Globalisation’s beginnings are symbolised by Ferdinand Magellan’s near circumnavigation of the world half a millennium ago. But its history is not simply of connection and trade, but […]
WINNING VOTES THROUGH IDENTITY POLITICS
According to official estimates, Donald J. Trump obtained a little more than 74 million votes in the November 2020 presidential election losing to Joseph Biden who secured a little more than 81 million votes. Biden won by a comfortable margin […]
Leadership Manoeuvres : The Real Reason
Chandra Muzaffar || 12th January 2021. Why is it that in spite of increasing Covid 19 infections, rising fatalities, massive floods in a number of states and serious economic challenges, some politicians are still indulging in political machinations and […]

Muhammad Abduh’s Influence in Southeast Asia – Part III
Ahmad N. Amir, Abdi O. Shuriye & Jamal I. Daoud || 7 Januari 2021 ON ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS AND INSTITUTIONS The impact of Muhammad Abduh is manifestly evident in current religious movements and institutions in the Malay world. Notable among […]
Muhammad Abduh’s Influence in Southeast Asia – Part II
Ahmad N. Amir, Abdi O. Shuriye & Jamal I. Daoud || 3 January 2021 ON PRESS AND JOURNALS The celebrated journal al-Manar, edited and published by Muhammad Rashid Rida between 1898-1935, had great ramifications and lasting influence in Southeast […]
No Credible Alternative to the US Grand Strategy in Europe
Emir Hadzikadunic || 23 December 2020 Contrary to the claims that US liberal hegemony is a source of discord, its mission in Europe was historically successful and mutually beneficial both before and after the Cold War. Never in the […]

Muhammad Abduh’s Influence in Southeast Asia – Part I
Ahmad N. Amir, Abdi O. Shuriye & Jamal I. Daoud || 20 December 2020 ABSTRACT Muhammad Abduh had a remarkably profound and lasting impact in Southeast Asia. His reformist ideas had strong repercussions in the political and social landscape […]
Dayton peace (dis)agreement, 25 years on
Emir Hadzikadunic || 15 December 2020 Today marks the 25th anniversary of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Accords. The landmark agreement between Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia, which […]
25 Years On, The Dayton Peace Agreement Is a Ticking Time Bomb
Throughout Danis Tanovic’s Oscar-winning film “No Man’s Land,” a viewer waits distressingly for the bouncing mine to explode below the body of Cera, an injured Bosnian soldier lying in a trench. The last moments of this antiwar satire do not […]



