Goddess Kali is regarded as the most fierce and destructive form of Shakti. She has a dark complexion, red eyes and has four arms. In one of Her hands She carries a sword (khadaga) and in another hand She carries the decapitated head of a demon. The other two hands are in the position of blessing Her devotees. She also wears a garland of heads of the…

A defining moment for the US sanctions regime Each year, the USA finds a new country or group of countries to target with sanctions. Each year the USA adds about 1,000 individuals to its ever longer sanctions list. Now, US sanctions are coming to a turning point. Up till now, the EU – representing around the same percentage of the world economy as…

Qiu Xiaolong creator of Chief Inspector Chen was born in Shanghai, China. He published prize-winning poetry, translation and criticism in Chinese in the eighties, and became a member of the Chinese Writers' Association. In 1988, he came to the United States as a Ford Foundation Fellow, started writing in English, and obtained a Ph.D. in comparative…

Technology has historically proven to be a unifying power at first for state unification and subsequently for globalization. Today, at times of political discord, technology offers a new opportunity for coming together diplomatically. In order to develop the tools and means of modern states to ensure the human rights of each citizen a cooperation…

Ahmed al-Wahishi is Yemen's Ambassador to the Russian Federation. He was appointed on the recommendation of Yemen's President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi on July 13, 2017, and was Yemen's first sitting Ambassador to Russia in 6 years. Before serving in this position, Ambassador al-Wahishi held numerous senior diplomatic posts, and was notably the Arab…

The 21st century is the age of unseen opportunities and the breathtaking transformations. This is also by all means the century of the youth. It is the time when for the first time ever in history the technological advance allows the freedom of access to information and knowledge which the youth particularly takes great advantage of. The youth is seen…

While India is fighting a tough battle in Kashmir Valley India's sharpest Spy and National Security Adviser whose is brain behind nabbing terrorists in valley has successfully managed world support for India in its fight against terror outfits.He is such a sharp man that he has even brought China on table which till very recently was opposing India's…

_ Yuri Kofner, head, Eurasian sector, Centre of Comprehensive European and International Studies, Higher School of Economics. Moscow, August 28, 2018.*Eurasian economic integration is a living process that constantly requires the improvement of existing aspects, elements and directions and the addition of new ones. As Tatiana Valovaya, minister…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a state visit to Japan in month of October.Political experts in India and China are keeping a close eye on this visit as it will bring many negotiations,deal and agreement both for India and Japan.Japan is a close ally of USA and India has a historical friendship with Japan so China is a bit cautious on India's…

First of all, it’s important to stress the difference in marking who would belong to generation Y or to the so called “Millennials” and who would not. It depends upon the differences in political, social and economic environments in different societies worldwide. For example, in the United States this is generally referred to the people born from…

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.” (Aristotle, OTH, 271b8) Let us begin a new era of conceiving cooperation through Cosmos the ancient Greek term for order. Space it is so distant from the troubles we are confronted with on this planet that we rarely discuss or contemplate this new real sphere. Yet…

I read Oleg Shakirov’s “’Russian Propaganda’: On Social Networks, in Eastern Europe, and Soon Everywhere,”[1] It is a useful perspective but lacking in historical and multi-national context. I wrote the original book, INFORMATION OPERATIONS: All Information, All Languages, All the Time (OSS, 2008)[2] and over the course of forty years have…