Category: Understanding

Understanding comes through communication, and through experience, we progress. To understand and to be understood makes our happiness on earth.

The Liberum10/12/2025

The self-cancellation of modernity

Something I tried to grasp in my book Be Abyssal is the acceleration that modernity […]
Nikola Mikovic09/12/2025

Kyrgyzstan: Democracy for the people, not for the privileged elite

Kyrgyzstan is a young, modern state – open, dynamic, and filled with optimism. For decades, […]
Murielle Hebbo07/12/2025

The woman I became while waiting

There are moments in life that arrive without any warning, moments that don’t look dramatic […]
Nadia Ahmad03/12/2025

Yogis, Sages, and Shamans: The soft power of India

Over the last few decades, Indian shamans and gurus have exported Hindu and Buddhist ideas […]
Ahsan Ali27/11/2025

The persistent Islamic Extremism of Tajikistan

Every state is vulnerable to Islamist extremism, but some states are more prone to this […]
Roula Kmeid22/11/2025

The Growth Mindset: Why challenging your comfort zone is key to wellbeing

We all have that favourite spot. Maybe the coffee shop we visit every morning, or […]
Murielle Hebbo19/11/2025

Why are we obsessed with becoming Rich, Beautiful, and Empty?

There’s a strange kind of sadness in the way people glow these days. Their faces […]
Ahsan Ali18/11/2025

The flawed Turkish policy towards Cyprus

“Taksim,” a two-state solution for Cyprus proposed in 1957, is one of the impractical solutions […]
Nadia Ahmad17/11/2025

The Pontifex: The bridge builder of Rome returns to Beirut

Famed for their durable architecture, the Romans have engineered the foundations of the Western and […]
Ahsan Ali12/11/2025

The Limits of Dialogue between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban

The expected fallout in Istanbul between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban was inevitable, with the […]
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