Old and New Europe opened their borders to each other through a formal political and economic partnership meant to deliver peace, stability and prosperity, a partnership to help raise living [...]
Last month, Maria Farooq discussed how the information revolution can be hijacked and used for unsavoury purposes. Yet it's not only terrorists and criminals that take advantage of technology, [...]
Israel will attack Iran in April, this year. No, it's not me but David Ignatius who is saying this in his opinion column in the Washington Post. Though the writer [...]
The baby boom during the 1980s and 1990s in Cambodia (after the nation successfully put a decade long civil war behind it and regained peace) has now resulted in [...]
I recently got featured on the Christian Science Monitor’s “ [...]
Wall Street Protests The Occupy movement, an ostensibly worthy crusade, knows its enemy very well, but does not know how to defeat it Acclaimed historian Howard Zinn once boldly proclaimed that “democracy [...]
Education is one of the keys that can help developing countries cope with the negative effects of their development status and reach strong economic growth - or even change their [...]
Bangladesh is grappling with a massive crisis of arsenicosis or chronic arsenic poisoning. A World Bank report shows that arsenic was first detected in the groundwater of Bangladesh [...]
Sanjana Wickramasinghe, a 23 year-old hotel receptionist in Kandy, spends a good part of her morning browsing through job portals online and newspapers looking for a better opportunity. “I feel [...]
This year will be a significant year for the earth and also for India. February 2nd has the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2012 (DSDS) hosted in the Indian capital [...]
First and foremost, what solving water governance issues requires is a proper feeling for scale. As the example of Slovakia, a country particularly rich in water resources, shows, solutions that [...]
“Justice, land and freedom”, a famous saying went during the Mexican Revolution. Today, Mexico’s land represents more than simply a percent of GDP; Mexico’s land has been for [...]
While oil may be a cause of corruption and unaccountable government in many countries, Norway has been able set aside its resource wealth to invest in the country's future. Norway has [...]
Ethiopia is Africa’s biggest aid recipient, and one of Africa’s most food-insecure nations. Simultaneously, Ethiopia is one of most militarized nations on the continent, with [...]
At a time when much attention is being paid to the growing tensions in Pakistan fuelled by [...]
Abstract: The struggle to have a good job is a common reality to Latin American countries and from which Peru is no exception. Day after day coexist formal jobs, informal [...]
Public support for renewable energies in Europe has declined sharply with the economic crisis. However, with technology costs dropping and continuing efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, the sector [...]
Ansgar Heveling’s recent article and commentary raises many serious questions. Does he or not support democratic society? Is he not supportive of freedom of [...]
The Water Resource Agency (WRA) recently issued a water shortage alert, but the downpour on the following day instantly solved that particular crisis. However, reports have come in that [...]
As the most populated region in the world, South Asia can also boast the highest number of young people per world region as well, and this trend continues to grow [...]
