No justice for a male rape victim on February 6, 2020In a country where sexual abuse is endemic, where men are conditioned to think men can’t be victims of abuse, and women are not only condemned but murdered if they dare to file a rape case, it takes great courage for a man to come forward with his horrific experience of sexual assault. Despite the […]
US Strategy after the INF treaty — Implications and projected outcomes on September 26, 2019Thirty-one years ago, US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty placing a curb on nuclear weapons after decades of Cold War competition. Although the treaty persisted through to the end of the Soviet Union, it started showing signs of aging as early as mid-2000s. Not […]
Is the US selling another war? on August 8, 2019Humanity, as a class, is a slow learner, partly because every new generation is starting over from total ignorance Lately, certain members of the Trump administration are discussing Iran in the same manner Iraq was mentioned by the Bush administration back in 2002, and recently, some unanticipated events in the Strait of Hormuz have provided […]
NPT RevCon2020: troubled waters ahead? on July 28, 2019As the Non-Proliferation Treaty is set to commemorate its Golden Jubilee in 2020, significant challenges posed by the global nuclear order, increasing tensions and deteriorating relations between the de jure Nuclear Weapon States, specifically the US, Russia and China, await the upcoming NPT Review Conference. The NPT’s Quinquennial Review Conferences are held to evaluate whether […]