Pinkwashing Apple
Recently Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple publicly announced that he is a gay man. Associate Professor Anthony Langlois argues that there is enough scope to raise suspicion about Tim’s actual motive.
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G20: Let’s hope the Turks do better
In this brief note, Steve Price-Thomas shows his disappointment upon Australian G20 Presidency.
This is Why I Miss the Soviet Union
James Bruno, a former US diplomat argues that the unpredictable nature of Putin makes him dangerous whereas the former Soviet Union was very much predictable.
Is nuclear energy a realistic option to reduce carbon dioxide emissions?
A former Ambassador of Cuba to the International Atomic Energy Agency Jorge Morales Pedraza explores whether nuclear energy is a realistic option to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to address climate change.
Life imitating Bollywood: Love, murder, suicide
In modern day India the impact of the cultural realm may not necessarily be as innocuous as once believed. Dr. Irfan Ahmad draws a chilling connection between violence in Bollywood films and campus killing in Indian universities.
Making Sense of the 2014 G20 Summit
Government representatives of the world’s 20 richest nations met in Brisbane, Australia in November 2014 to decide on significant matters affecting the member nations as well as the world economy. The group known as G-20 deals with macroeconomic issues that at the policy level of each nation translate into microeconomic decisions. Although the voices of all members are considered, the structure of the G-20 is such that the strongest economies led by the US prevail in core decisions. The overarching goal remains to pursue globalization under the neoliberal model rather than to deviate from it as many economists, including Nobel Prize winners have been suggesting. The impact of this model on the wealthy nations and wealthy people in each nation works well. However, the impact of the model on the poor nations, the lower middle classes, workers and peasants has proved questionable in the last three decades.
Alochonaa (Dialogue) 