CURRENT AFFAIRS
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Jul- 2018 -1 July
GLOBAL CORRUPTION
Recently, the IMF woke up to the fact that poverty in the world is perpetuated by pervasive corruption in
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Jun- 2018 -6 June
MAHATHIR’S MALAYSIA
On 10 May 2018, history was made when the world’s oldest head of state – 92-year-old Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad
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6 June
FIDEL’S CUBA
Cuba is Castro… and Castro is Cuba. That’s what my generation has known of the Latin American nation and its erstwhile leader. It was always about Fidel’s Cuba
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6 June
STATE CAPTURE
Globally, politicians are the worst culprits when it comes to wriggling out of consequences for wrongdoing. The former President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino
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6 June
POLITICAL RISK
The recent unrest in some parts of Sri Lanka is having a devastating effect on the economy – but as the full story is still unfolding
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May- 2018 -10 May
THE PUTIN FACTOR
It was in December 1999 that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin became the leader of Russia. He was appointed acting president when his mentor President Boris
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10 May
PARDON FOR PEACE
Forgiveness is such a powerful weapon, said former South African President Nelson Mandela, since it liberates the soul and removes
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10 May
THE GLASS CEILING
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) conducted a customary ‘Gender Month’ as part of its annual tradition in March to
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10 May
DIGITAL DIPLOMACY
Predicting the future of international relations is a challenging task best left to clairvoyants as the current political and economic context consists of
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Apr- 2018 -5 April
THE KOREAS
The Winter Olympics in Seoul took on an aura of glamour and hope not only for the competitors but also the world at large – possibly with the exception of…
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