Author: The Editorial Team

The Russia-Ukraine crisis has been going on for more than ten months. Since the beginning of the ‘Special Operation’ by the Russian army in Ukraine, thousands have been killed, millions are displaced and many energy infrastructures are damaged, along with many other consequences. The war, moreover, brought heavy impacts on many countries around the world especially in economic terms. But there is no convincing ray of hope for the resolution of the crisis. Even if the possibility of talks remains, there is no convincing advancement toward talks among the parties to end the crisis in acceptable ways. Consequently, the impacts…

Self-immolation, or death by setting fire on oneself, is a cause of growing concern in the world. Many set fire on themselves to die in many countries. But it does not frequently happen across countries. It is more in developing and less developed countries than in developed countries. The number of deaths from self-immolation is high in Iran, Iraq, China and several other developing and less developed countries. According to available sources, more than ten thousand died of self-immolation in Iraq in the last several decades. The number of deaths from self-immolation in other countries is also notable. Both men…

Economic development is very important for every country and everyone in the world. The improved economic conditions of countries help to improve social, economic and other conditions for all. With improved economic conditions, everyone can improve his/her social, economic, political and other conditions. Many countries in the world are economically developed and provide more economic

Public institutions, private organizations and non-government organizations play very important roles in the development of social, economic and other aspects of the world. But they cannot play their roles desirably due to many reasons including a lack of capacity, which is often mentioned in development contexts. Institutional capacity leads to effective policy-making, the success of organizations in terms of the achievement of their goals and social improvement while a lack of institutional capacity leads to poor outcomes for organizations, social injustice and many other negative impacts. Consequently, institutional capacity building that aims to enhance the capacity of governments, businesses, non-governmental…

As is known, the government of Venezuela and the opposition which resumed talks on ending a grinding political crisis signed a preliminary agreement this week in a meeting held in Mexico. According to available sources, the partial agreement was signed on social matters the parties issued a joint statement after signing the agreement requesting the release of billions of dollars frozen by foreign banks abroad a few years back due to controversial elections in 2018. Though it is a preliminary and partial agreement mediated by Norway, this is a good development in Venezuela that came after several failed efforts made…

Russia has been attacking critical infrastructures including power grids in Ukraine for several weeks. The bombings have increased after Ukraine’s attacks on the Kerch Bridge linking Crimea with the mainland which is used by Russia to supply military logistics to several areas of Ukraine for its Special Operation. By this time, more than one-third of the power grids of Ukraine have been destroyed by Russia’s targeted bombings on critical infrastructures. The targeted bombings, moreover, are going on just prior to the winter season when the continuous supply of electricity is more important than any other season. Moreover, it remains unclear…

Social isolation is an important global problem. According to available sources including newspapers, around two-thirds of adults in the United States are experiencing social isolation. Along with adults, many youths are socially isolated in the United States. Moreover, social isolation, which indicates the absence of social contact or a state of being cut-off from social networks totally or partially for a long period, does not exist in the United States only. Many are socially isolated in developed, developing and less developed countries in the world. Though it is difficult to say the exact percentage of socially isolated people, it can…

Rich-poor gap has become a concern in the world. No doubt, it frequently appears in newspapers, television channels, UN reports, academic journals and the reports of non-government organizations and other organizations that the gap between rich and poor is increasing around the world. As expected, there is a hue and cry on this among political leaders, researchers, policy makers and others and many policy-based, programmatic and other efforts have been taken across countries on how to reduce the gap between the groups. But, according to available sources, there are no promising outcomes, despite some notable effects of gap-reducing efforts. Also,…

The former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was about to be killed last week. According to available sources, he was leading a long march against the government and an attacker fired several rounds of bullets at him. But because of the intervention of a young man, bullets missed the targets and the former prime minister was saved. No doubt, such attempts are not new in Pakistan. Other Pakistani leaders including Benazir Bhutto were assassinated. Moreover, assassinations and attempts to assassinate political leaders are not new in the world. Many political leaders from the lower tier of leadership to the…

Many have recently lost their jobs because of the growing use of artificial intelligence, which refers to the simulation of intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. In many countries, automation-spurred job loss is one of the main consequences of artificial intelligence, rendered one of the important technological advancements globally. In the last decade, the number of jobs lost was notable due to the increased use of artificial intelligence, which allows machines to model and improve the capabilities of the human mind, the goals of which include computer-enhanced learning, reasoning and perception and which…