This documentary explores the little-known era known as the Sultanate of Women, when royal women wielded immense power in the Ottoman Empire. From inside the imperial harem, mothers and consorts of ...

The geopolitical impact of the Arab state on the trajectory of Asian history was enormous: it swept away old states and ...

A new “Great Game” is unfolding in the Caucasus and Central Asia, echoing the 19th-century rivalry between empires, with a ...

What if the world’s borders had frozen in time, unchanged since 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I? In this ...

Deception, misinformation and manipulation of information, are designed to influence negatively the Western society and ...

Dialogues from my classroom Seyed (Iranian born): ldquo;Mr Heerde, did you ever believe the Berlin Wall would fall? rdquo; I: ...

While they are impossible to measure, emotions such as liking or hatred, admiration or contempt—the quotidian stuff of human ...

One of the most significant events that India should be wary of is the Four Brotherhood Alliance in Bangladesh ...

Think of an ancient empire and you’re probably picturing an iconic site like the Acropolis in Athens, or Rome's famous forum.

Last week, I highlighted the plight of the Rohingyas – stateless, forsaken, and abandoned by a world often silent in the face of atrocity. Today, I turn to another enduring tragedy: over a century ...

History's lesson is clear: greatness is not a birthright. It is a wager on the future. And it demands the courage to build.

The study of our animal cohabitants often provides valuable insight into the condition of humanity, but animals have also been a gateway to understanding the natural world. The latest volume of Osiris ...