Politics Contemporary politics, world finance, business and global commentaries appear in the main Ovi section.


	My Grand Theory on 9/11 by George Cassidy Payne There are some truths that are too monstrous to face, even if the truth will set us free. It's like a spouse who has committed terrible infidelities and cannot face the consequences of confessing.
	Farewelling Dr No: The Sacking of John Bolton by Dr. Binoy Kampmark It was compelling viewing (one does not so much read Twitter as see it as a series of violent flashes). John Bolton, the armed-and-ready national security adviser who has been tiring of the US President's jerks and adjustments...
	Monsters Rise Up When Reason Sleeps: 18 Years Later and 9/11 Truth Still Not Known by George Cassidy Payne I know that World Trade Center Building 7 was not brought down by office fires. I know this because of my capacity to reason. The building fell symmetrically in less than 7 seconds at free-fall acceleration for the first 100 feet.

	Spikes of Violence: Protest in West Papua by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Like Timor-Leste, West Papua, commonly subsuming both Papua and West Papua, remains a separate ethnic entity, acknowledged as such by previous colonial powers. Its Dutch colonial masters...
	A Short History of the ASEAN Digital Future by Ovi Magazine Guest This month, Malaysia celebrates its 62nd anniversary of Independence, led by 94-year old but digitally savvy Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Singapore also celebrated its 54th National Day this month...
	Boris Johnson Trips: Duvets, Toothbrushes and the House of Lords by Dr. Binoy Kampmark In 2017, MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, a Tory creature trapped in cold storage, suggested that the UK's withdrawal from the European Union was tantamount to fighting the battles of Agincourt, Waterloo and Trafalgar...
	The US's Trade War Fallacy - Washington must now live with a new reality by Murray Hunter The current trade war between the US and China is a fallacy. There is no trade war going on here. A real trade war exists when a country tries to protect its industries by placing tariff barriers on the import...
	Robert Mugabe's Legacy: Revolution, Amity and Decline by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Robert Mugabe is the sort of figure that always caused discomfort. He was a permanent revolutionary, becoming, in time, the despotic ruler who frittered away revolutionary gain. He played multiple roles in international political consciousness.
	Tradition, Marketing and Blacked Cognac by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The moment the liquid hits the mark, lips on the balloon rim, the hand having swirled the mellow colouring to life, the throat anticipates. It is tenderising, the gentle burn finding its way down to the belly.
	Iran Nuclear Accord: The Third Act is Now Starting by Rene Wadlow The first act of the Iran Nuclear Accord took eight years. The backdrop kept changing from Geneva to Vienna but the actors were nearly all the same. Except for the representative of the European Union....
		next