BUILDING UP THE BRICS
KN. The BRICS group of nations announced during its annual summit last week that it would expand its membership by inviting six new members to join its ranks: Iran, Saudi…
RESURGENT VIOLENCE IN MANIPUR MAKES WAVES IN NEW DELHI
KN. The latest victims, one of whom was beheaded, were members of the majority Meitei ethnic group. The day following the attack, India’s Supreme Court requested an updated report on…
THE POTENTIAL THREAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POSES TO THE 2024 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND BEYOND
KN. Florida Governor and U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, as well as the Republican National Convention (RNC), have both recently utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to create deep fake videos and…
IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES NEGOTIATING UNDERSTANDINGS
KN. After a more than six-month hiatus in diplomatic talks to revive the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) that the Trump administration exited in…
PAKISTAN’S DEEPENING POLITICAL CRISIS POSES THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM AND POLITICAL STABILITY
KN. The arrest of Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan, on May 9th has not only deepened the country’s political crisis, endangering his political future but also exposed the lack…











