The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Democracy at a crossroads in India
ARKA BHADURI surveys the ongoing election's political panorama
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
INDIA has embarked on one of its most crucial elections in history. For many, the gravest concern of the 2024 Indian general election is not about the potential winner, but rather the meaningfulness of the election itself as a democratic process.
The 18th general election of independent India is fraught with great travesties of the country’s democratic structure. This include political parties receiving donations of several hundred million pounds from anonymous corporations and the ruling far-right Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) government using domestic intelligence services to harass opponents, or even jailing ministers of different states.
The BJP holds a majority since the last general election in 2019, and is part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will secure a third term if NDA wins this election.
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