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The oft-neglected and ironically oft-powerful quality is what I call the X-Factor in Politics and Reconciliation. Whilst efforts do exist they are not scaled up to the potential they should be or indeed can be.

Since a significant percentage of people are exposed to recurring riverine flood disasters mostly during rainy season an effective regional flood information system is needed urgently in South Asian heavily effected countries.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she would talk to French President Francois Hollande about building up a European communication network to avoid emails and other data passing through the United States.

By José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission It’s good to be back at the LSE, which always provides such a stimulating environment for debate, with its splendid intellectual tradition of openness and looking at things from the…

The world powers and Iran signed an interim nuclear deal on Nov. 24, 2013, with plans to begin a new round of talks to reach a mutually agreed long¬ term comprehensive solution that would ensure Iran’s nuclear program would be…

On December 5, a Chinese naval vessel tried to force a U.S. warship to stop in international waters in the latest instance of the growing Chinese tendency to flex their muscles.

When pondering our obsession with immigration, I’m reminded of how people in the ridiculous dystopian film Idiocracy were watering their crops with an energy drink called Brawndo.

“If you had asked me six years ago, I would never have guessed that the video analysis system could be used in this way,” says Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Head of Department at the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo.

On January 27, 2014, Meghalaya got central clearance to form its own special multi-task Police Force, christened ‘Special Force 10’, to deal with internal security challenges ranging from militancy to disaster management.

When Pakistan officially observed February 5 as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ Wednesday last, the atmosphere was more euphoric this time.

Ally or not, the US does not have an agreement with any country that would prevent espionage in light of national security concerns, President Obama said on Tuesday, prior to an official state dinner with a European head of state.

Qatari organizers of the 2022 World Cup — in a bid to fend off criticism in the European parliament, convince world soccer body FIFA of progress made in improving conditions of foreign workers, and side line political demands by international…

In March, 788 million Indians will be eligible to cast their ballots in the general election. For the 15h Lok Sabha (Parliament) elections in 2009, about half the eligible voters went to the polls, which means that almost four hundred…

Venerable Maduluwave Sogitha Thero is a highly respected Buddhist monk and chief incumbent of the Kotte Naga Vihare. He is particularly well known for a campaign on good governance and a group under his leadership also produced a set of…

Corruption is quite pervasive in South Asia. A study conducted by Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) in year 2005 found that more than 62% of Indians had firsthand experience of paying bribes or influence peddling to get jobs done in public…

The head of the European Council says U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland’s use of vulgar language about the European Union is “totally unacceptable.”

A recent UN statement demanding an impartial probe into the killings of Muslims by Buddhists, in Myanmar, has once again brought the issue of the Rohingyas – widely accepted as the most persecuted minority group – to the fore.

The Vatican struck back Friday, Feb 7, at a UN human rights committee that issued a scathing report on sex abuse by priests, accusing it of straying beyond its mandate and discrediting the UN as a whole by adopting the “prejudiced” positions of…

The prospects for reaching any viable peace deal with the Taleban are growing dim with each passing day. The talks, initially planned for Tuesday, did not take place due to government’s reported confusion about the make-up of its team.

Russia exported $4.78 billion worth of arms and military equipment to India last year, a senior Russian arms industry official said Thursday, Feb 6, according to RIA Novosti.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stands now at a crossroads of his people’s national struggle for liberation and independence as well as of his political life career, cornered between the rock of his own rejecting constituency and the hard place of…

The European Commission has requested that the US lift visas for citizens of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania.

Salon.com published a truly disgusting article on the supposed myths of communism.

Even though many buildings constructed of natural materials,particularly earth, have stood the test of time, the construction of buildings out of these materials almost completely disappeared during the 20th Century.

Some of the most influential companies in Silicon Valley have unveiled data regarding the national security requests they have received from the US government, detailing how many requests they receive, how many the company responds to, and other details.

Thailand’s elections took place without the feared violence , aside from tension around some electoral centers and polling stations.

I was a panelist on the January 30, US-Russia.org discussion, headed under the title of: “Why is the West Waging a Campaign Against the Sochi Winter Olympics?” Among other things, the subtitle of my below contribution to that panel (and…

New data launched by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shows that sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing companies, which amounted to $395 billion in 2012, has increased by 29 per cent in real terms…

A deal, which would have given South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) a black presidential candidate, has collapsed.

Its celebrity time again. The Golden Globes have been, and the Oscars are coming. This is a “vintage year”, say Hollywood’s hagiographers on cue.