Food is among the basic need according to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in 2015 launched the Global Challenge on Food Security and Agriculture. The forum attended by 1400 leaders in over 500 organizations in 19 countries. This is in support of The Sustainable Development Goals call for Ending…Read More
Does competition make a worth or dearth?
To rear, a child is a development of his proximal domains (physical and mental capacity) to revere decision-making abilities and provide an onset understanding of his environment and self. Just like a market competition, one lone stronghold or business enterprise would never develop without outside intervention nor tangential competition. With this scenario, the economic policies…Read More
The Struggle of Educating a Girl Child
The voyage of advancing human rights across the globe can be traced back to the 1940’s. It all began after the drafting of the Universal Declaration of human rights in 1948; that our struggle began, the struggle of educating a girl child. However, the journey is prolonged day after day by social issues that impede…Read More
Assessing risk of new war in Eastern Europe
In the light of recent aggression of Russia towards Ukraine and exponential increase of tensions between Moscow and NATO allows suggesting that Kremlin is aiming for the long-term confrontation with the possibility of further escalation. The most obvious targets for the future aggression are Poland and the Baltic countries. In this the report we argue…Read More
Loss and Damage in the Context of Bangladesh: Inadequacy of Adaptation due to Increasing Climate Risk & A Range of Approaches to Address Loss and Damage
‘Loss and Damage’ has become a fundamental issue for Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and gained recognition as the third pillar of international climate policy, after mitigation and adaptation. ‘Loss and damage’ refers to negative phenomena of climate unpredictability and climate change that people have not been able to…Read More
Gender based Racism: a social evil in the context of Asia
From the history of Babel, humanity divided them based on racial and ethnic identity. Every ethnic group wants consolidation and believes in expansion, reservation, and glorification. They want to propagate their identity and ideology. This identity could also be the sexual identity of women and men are considered as two different race. The term leadership…Read More
The Depression in Greek Economy
A Greek Nobel laureate once wrote, “Wherever I go, Greece hurts me”. Frankly, I must admit that I often have that same feeling as Yiorgos Seferis used to and I have been judging Greece’s mistakes over the centuries. Nonetheless, it is also true that as Greeks we have been proud of our country and we…Read More
Germany’s Election and Angela Merkel’s Struggle for Political Survival
Since the election, on 24 September Angela Merkel from Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has been unable to form a government in Germany. After 12 years in power, her position has been weakened as other parties are reluctant to form a coalition with CDU. The election of Donald Trump in the United States is seen as…Read More
Is Education still the answer?
First of all, let me make it perfectly clear that, the purpose of this article is not to denounce or dispel the importance of education. In fact, it is quite the contrary. The whole idea is to encourage readers to change the approach to learning; to see education as more than just a basic, class-confined…Read More
Bangladesh: Environmental induced migration and its effects
Introduction Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries due to climate change. Natural disasters hit Bangladesh almost every year and cause much destruction to the lives and livelihoods of people, especially in the coastal areas, and render huge damages to the national economy. It has long been recognized that the environmental factors have an…Read More