The partisan fight over Netanyahu’s speech to Congress has shown the increasing disunity in the USA over policies towards Iran and the problems of an effective nuclear deal with Tehran. However, it is worth remembering that no American-led deal can prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons if Iran wants them and the American political class and the general public should get used to it. A brilliant analysis by Alochonaa’s IR chief Dr. Simon Leitch
Russia and NATO are on a collision course and de-esclation is required to prevent greater hostility, Vladimir Pejovic writes.
The US has 37 states in which it is legal for same-sex couples to get married. Dr Neil Foster, University of Newcastle, offers his perspective as to why there can be rational arguments to not support same-sex marriage based on Australian constitutional law. Do you agree?
On International Women’s Day, 8th March, Courtney Pelkowitz of the University of Western Australia shares her views on child marriage, gender equality and women empowerment.
“It is as though a human mind was extinguished for performing its noblest function”. A sobering collation of thoughts, feelings and wishes in the wake of a chilling and brutal murder of a philosopher, advocate, blogger, free-thinker and US national – Dr. Avijit Roy. Alochonaa.com condemns such attacks and advocates free speech, tolerance and inclusion in all its forms.
“Who gave this son of a bitch his green card?”, quipped Sean Penn before announcing the winner of the best film at the Oscars. Quite predictably, the media went into a frenzy. But was it really surprising?Arafat Kabir argues maybe not, if it’s viewed from the lens of globalization.
Alochonaa’s journey ends here and now!
The blog is not in operation anymore. We thank all the editors, contributors, newspapers and media who republished our content and helped us grow. We are proud of our achievement. What started as an experiment by few PhD students at Griffith University, Australia, turned out to be a source of reference for many academic articles and books.
Even though we are finishing our journey, we will still maintain the site for educational purpose.
Good Bye and Thank You!
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