and social development: the impulse to bond, the scarcity mind, and historical and trans-historical trauma. The Ku Klux Klan and other racist movements of the first half of the 20th century are examples of social movements driven by the scarcity mind, as are the Tea Party and today’s Christian nationalism, QAnon, and MAGA. The driving force behin

Bank, Iraq’s largest, and the Minister of Finance, who they call “a key enabler of terrorist funding in Iraq.” Also to be targeted are the Trade Bank of Iraq, which “holds approximately 80% of the trade finance business in Iraq,” the Board of Supreme Audit, Iraq’s primary audit institution, akin to the U.S. Government Accountability Off

In fact, Sisi had himself cancelled a planned visit to Washington earlier in order to supposedly avoid discussing the US–Israeli Gaza plan with Trump. In any case, US–Egypt relations have hit a new low amid reports that the Washington plans to reduce Egypt’s US$ 1.3 million annual military aid[5]—linked to the 1978 Camp David Accords and th

Since the Bronze Age, and till the late 19th century, the main trunk route for Indian trade was the Persian Gulf. This included the Basra-Baghdad upriver route to the Mediterranean, which once passed overland through Petra (Jordan) and Palmyra (Syria) to touch Eastern Mediterranean shores. It also encompassed the ports of ancient Dilmun (Saudi Arab

Bhutan has also assuaged Chinese concerns by historically maintaining distance from the Dalai Lama and excluding official contacts with Dharamsala. Even when accepting the refugees in the 1950s, the government was cautious that their loyalty to the Dalai Lama would create new internal challenges and external security issues vis-à-vis China. In 197