US President Donald Trump secured his second term in office, and a new narrative has emerged. One in which the United States is at odds with the European Union. Alongside newly established 20% tariffs ...

Studies have revealed the harmful effects of social media. This is not just a coincidence. Social media companies intentionally craft algorithms to manipulate users into giving their apps as much ...

The exponents of Afghan ethno-nationalism desperately aim to present a benign image of the Taliban.

US President Joe Biden wrote in the New York Times in June 2022 that the United States was arming Ukraine to “fight on the battlefield and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating ...

Though the US has historically used tariffs in its economic policy, those implemented by President Donald Trump’s first term led to inflation. Stephen Miran has proposed a new policy agreement, the ...

Before it was a popular worldwide sport, surfing was a deeply spiritual practice that allowed seafaring cultures to commune with the ocean. It was developed independently in Polynesia, from which it ...

While outright extremism in the neofolk, black metal and related music scenes is not the norm, it is a problem that needs to be addressed.

Outside Iran, many Iranians believe Reza Shah was great. During his and his son’s regime, all Iranians were told he was great.

Arba’een, the immense annual gathering in Karbala, Iraq, got my attention after I read Sayed M. Modarresi’s Huffington Post article, “World’s Biggest Pilgrimage Now Underway, and Why You’ve Never ...

Between April 2022 and March 2023, India's trade deficit in manufacturing exceeded $250 billion. This serves as a stark reminder of the challenges and lack of competitiveness of Indian manufacturing.

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) political success in the Hindi heartland of North India and its stagnation in the southern state of Telangana deepen the crisis of representation for southern states ...

Religious extremism in not unfamiliar to other faiths but has yet to be named as such among mainstream Christian confessions.