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An Indian woman walks early in the morning amid heavy smog in the garden of Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi. AFP
India's patchy record on pollution has led the country to crisis

Delhi is now the most polluted mega-city on earth. Indian doctors say that breathing its air is akin to smoking 50 cigarettes a day, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionDecember 19, 2017
Protesters photographed in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday, where hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in sympathy for Palestinians following Donald Trump's aggressive move to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Dita Alangkara / AFP
Palestinians must take control of their struggle through non-violent resistance

Days after Donald Trump's Jerusalem decision, the region has, mercifully, yet to fold into chaos, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

CommentDecember 10, 2017
A Greenpeace banner showing Donald Trump and the slogan #TotalLoser, so sad! is projected onto the facade of the US embassy in Berlin, Germany, a day after the US president declared he was pulling the US out of the Paris climate change accord / AP
Trump could take a leaf from Ibn Khaldun's book of civilisation

The US president would be well-served by heeding the 14th century historian, who warned of the dangers of a society of excess

CommentDecember 06, 2017
Harvey Weinstein. Reuters
Will the Weinstein effect go global?

Old power structures do not fall easily, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall, and there is a danger the ongoing American revolution of manners might fail

CommentNovember 28, 2017
Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have steadily increased since the days of the industrial revolution. AP
Despite successes, Bonn climate talks fell short

Donald Trump has reneged on US commitments even though his country is the second biggest polluter after China, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

CommentNovember 21, 2017
US president Donald Trump and China's president Xi Jinping are poles apart when it comes to globalisation/ Reuters
Grievance economics versus globalisation

Will Trump's America first policy and China's connected approach reshape the G2 relationship?

CommentNovember 14, 2017
Donald Trump met with the Xi Jinping when the Chinese president visited the US. Jim Watson / AFP
Is Xi Jinping more powerful than Donald Trump?

The US and China battle for supremacy on many fronts, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

CommentOctober 31, 2017
Afghan security officials remove a damaged vehicle after a suicide bomb attack targeted the Marshal Fahim military academy in Kabul on Saturday. Hedayatullah Amid / EPA
In Afghanistan, Trump's grand strategy begins to fall apart

The strands of Donald Trump's Afghan strategy are there for all to see, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall, but they are already showing signs of wear and tear

CommentOctober 25, 2017
Some social media influencers are paid thousands of dollars for endorsements. Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg
In the battle against fake news, we can learn from the war on drugs

Should we be going after the suppliers of fake news or should we be reeducating those who demand it?

OpinionOctober 17, 2017
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani inspects the honour guard before the handover ceremony of Blackhawk helicopters from US to Afghan forces. Reuters
Will a peace-for-justice trade-off be viable in Afghanistan?

It worked in Colombia, but the question here is whether to acknowledge the Taliban's influence

OpinionOctober 10, 2017
A still image taken from a video shows protesters waving Ambazonian flags as they walk along a street in the English-speaking city of Bamenda, Cameroon. Reuters TV
Why do secessionist movements rarely gather international support?

Independence votes have become a fixture of the season, but what do three separate votes tell us about micro-nationalism

OpinionOctober 03, 2017
The backlash against the digital frontiersmen of our times hasn’t yet overtaken ordinary consumers. Ritchie Tongo / EPA
Big tech has a big problem, which means we all do

Is it now time for Facebook, Twitter, Uber et al to be more heavily regulated?

OpinionSeptember 26, 2017
There was little evidence in the study to link terror attacks, such as the one carried out on Las Ramblas in Barcelona in August, to the influx of asylum seekers into Europe and North America. Susana Vera / Reuters
After last week's events in London, are we getting inured to terrorist attacks?

There is a new sense of resignation about the fragility of urban life. Politicians no longer even pretend that future attacks can be prevented, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall

OpinionSeptember 19, 2017
The Tribute in Light shines above a reflecting pool at the National September 11 Memorial on the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Mark Lennihan / AP Photo
Sixteen years after 9/11, how does America see the world?

International relations and perspectives have changed dramatically since the September 11 attacks

OpinionSeptember 10, 2017
A woman holds her dog as she arrives to high ground after evacuating her home due to floods in Houston. Reuters
After a summer of catastrophic floods, we need practical consensus over climate change

We are too busy fighting each other rather than the threat to our environment. That has to change, writes Rashmee Roshan Lall.

OpinionSeptember 05, 2017
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