Liberalism — darkness cloaked in modernity

Liberalism and Feminism have led to the breakdown of the family and to pornography and…

Geopolitics: big-power politics

The Constructivists have been prompting the idea that like all human relations, international relations, and…

BRICS — a new World Order

Jim O’Neill identified the BRIC as a pack of four largest emerging economies in 2001.…

Africa, LGBT rights and global agencies

In May, Uganda signed an anti-gay legislation, and last week the World Bank said it…

AI — the good, the bad and the ugly

Artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Hinton has left Google and has warned about the technology’s…

Democracy — the sacred cow

Almost 400 years before Christ, Plato likened the ‘state’ to a ship and asked if…

Generals of Sudan

It is heart-breaking to pick your pen up to write on Sudan. This country got…

Globalisation is dead

“Globalization is almost dead. Free trade is almost dead,” said Morris Chang, founder of Taiwan…

Iqbal’s khudi

In the ‘Reconstruction’ Iqbal bases his idea of human ego or khudi on the Quranic precepts of…

Understanding our universe

Our universe is a closed system, but because it is constantly expanding, it is a…