“The Western world appeared on the stage of history 300 years ago with this arrogant claim that they are a superior people, that they are the chosen people of the Lord God, and that modern Western civilization is the best to ever emerge in history and that it cannot be superseded. This is the end of history. BRICS has come …

Sheikh Hosein’s efforts to reconcile Christianity and Islam represent a visionary pursuit of unity in diversity. Through his erudition, engaging outreach and unwavering optimism, he transforms former and potential rivals into spiritual allies, aligned against existential threats. In a world rife with division, Sheikh Hosein’s legacy endures as a testament to the power of reconciliation, inspiring believers to build bridges …

The Editor, Newsday. Dear Editor, Re: US War on Venezuela The writing is on the wall, and it now appears to be just a matter of time before the US military forces assembled in the Caribbean Sea (with blessings from the Government of TT), strike at land targets in Venezuela in blind pursuit of the restoration of the Monroe Doctrine, …

The Editor, Newsday. June 15th 2025. Dear Editor, Israel’s daring, unprovoked, and very public attack on Iran’s missile manufacturing, as well as nuclear plants, and other Iranian military establishments, and the assassination of such senior military personalities as the Commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, a General of the …

We write to commend former PM Dr. Rowley for his wise and graceful withdrawal from leadership of this country. It is to his credit that he did not consider his leadership to be indispensable; and that rare wisdom among local politicians is now certain to win for him a place of respect and honour in the political history of this …

Russia the Ukraine War and negotiating in good faith Lennox Ballah astonished me with the very first words that he spoke to our UWI IIR Diplomacy class in 1972: “In the conduct of diplomacy we are concerned with expediency and not with morality”. In other words, diplomacy has its own morality. Basdeo Panday echoed that same dismal moral philosophy when …

Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election may result in significant change in US relations with Venezuela. This might occur because there would be nothing in US foreign policy under Trump as urgently important as finding a way to end the war in Ukraine, and that would not be possible without significant concessions to Russia. The alternative to concessions …

Assalamu ‘alaykum. I’m sending this messages from Brussels in Belgium to the people of Pakistan to say to them that – your moment in history has arrived. India won her freedom 75 years ago; and it is time enough for Pakistan to win her freedom as well. For the first time, perhaps, in Pakistan’s history, a leader emerege who slapped …