President Trump’s foreign policy dystopia
After over three decades of living in the United States, one thing that I have learned is never to assume that I understand American domestic politics. Every time I think...
Brussels attacks: why do family members commit terrorism together?
It appears to be increasingly common that terrorist attacks not of the lone-wolf variety involve members of the same family. Some of them, like the San Bernardino attack last December,...
Georgia: Project Aims to Boost Orthodox Church’s Support for EU Integration
Many proponents of European Union integration tend to see the Georgian Orthodox Church as an obstacle on Georgia’s path to Brussels. But a new initiative in Tbilisi aims to make...
Will a 2 Celsius Warming Prove Dangerous? Ocean Circulation Models Say Yes
Studying climate is not something we invented in the 20th and 21st century. Humans have been observing environmental change associated with climate since the early 19th century when scientists first...
Iraq Analysis: Prime Minister Caught Between Status Quo & A Cleric
In Iraq, the menace of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement, has reared its head again, posing serious challenges to Prime Minister Abadi and his plans...
The Art of the Deal? More of the Same!
“There are among us today, as there always have been, those who act against the scheme of things that degrades them, and in the process of action everything we have...
World Social Justice Day – 20 February
In February 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared 20 February “World Social Justice Day”. The concept of social justice can be traced to ancient religions and philosophies East and...
If We Are not Going to Burn Coal is There Another Reason to Mine It?
According to a team of researchers from Penn State University, there are rare-earth elements to be found in coal seams. This has been known for awhile but extracting them was...
Repairing the Policy-Making Processes of the United States: The First Step in Improving Its Defense
Former US Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Robert Gates explained on the January 21, 2016 Business Insider website that our military’s biggest weakness is sequestration, compounded by unpredictability in the...
CESRAN International is ranked among the world’s “Best Independent Think Tanks” and “Top Environment Policy Think Tanks”
CESRAN International is ranked among the world's "Best Independent Think Tanks" and "Top Environment Policy Think Tanks" by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania....
Saudi Arabia is Paying a Heavy Price for Iran’s Global Rehabilitation
As 2015 drew to a close, you could have been forgiven for cautious optimism as far as Saudi-Iranian relations were concerned. With the years-in-the-making nuclear deal finally sealed, Iran had...
Predictions for 2016
As I write, global stock markets kicked off 2016 by plunging, so much so in the case of China that stock market exchange was closed to stop selling. The fall...
Review of Global Developments in 2015 and Prospects for 2016
Introduction Top events in 2015 that shaped the world and are very likely to continue doing so include the economic slowdown not just in China and India, but in most...
China: A Weird Beast
In the light of all the controversy over whether the Chinese economy was about to collapse or suffer such a ‘hard landing’ that it would spill over into causing a...
SOCIALISM vs. CAPITALISM: Past, Present and Future
Introduction Contemporary civilization and its progress under capitalism are measured largely, though not exclusively, by stock market indicators and the wealth index of corporations and millionaires that mainstream media celebrates....