van Inwagen thinks we can bypass these issues because the real threat to our free will is not causal determination (our acts having deterministic causes) but simply determination (our acts being necessitated by past events and the natural laws), since this is enough to guarantee that we cannot ever do otherwise. I think this is … Continue reading An Actual Sequence View of Freedom – 3:16
One right-wing bookshop is trying to normalize white supremacist anger. The Anglophone bookshop next door is having none of it. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/two-parisian-bookstores-side-by-side-are-waging-a-culture-war/2019/06/13/d234c051-a5f2-48f1-bd11-48f6bbe71677_story.html
The Great Game refers to the hundred year geostrategic contest between Britain and Russia for control of Eurasia in the 19th century. The arena for the Great Game was all the lands, kingdoms and nations between the two Empires. At the beginning of the Great Game the territories of British India and Tsarist Russia were … Continue reading The Great Game: Afghanistan, British India and the Hundred Year War for India’s Northern Frontier
La France présente sa politique de défense en Indopacifique — Read on http://www.defense.gouv.fr/english/dgris/international-action/regional-issues/france-unveils-its-defence-policy-in-the-indo-pacific
Why is China so keen on courting Islamic countries for its Belt and Road? The team at Kontinentalist brings you some answers with this interactive guide — Read on geographical.co.uk/places/item/3199-bri-islam
A planned light-railway system that was the most high-profile project in Kazakhstan of China’s Belt and Road infrastructure program has hit a wall. — Read on http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-03/china-s-1-9-billion-silk-road-rail-project-goes-off-track
Annapurna Express is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date news portal of nepal in english language. — Read on theannapurnaexpress.com/
Back in 1995, then World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin made an important prediction about the future: “The wars of the next century will be fought over water.” Thankfully, No wars have been fought strictly over water in modern history. In fact globally the number of international agreements over water far exceeds the number of … Continue reading Water scarcity, warfare, and the paradox of value | OUPblog
In a new interview in a series on renewable energy and geopolitics, Indra Overland describes the possible trajectory of China's bid to become the world's solar energy leader. After building a leading position in key technologies and manufacturing, China may find a potential partner in the European Union, especially if the U.S. government pushes forward … Continue reading Renewables & Geopolitics: China – pv magazine International
India can play a pivotal role in bringing about an agreement among Mauritius, the U.S. and the U.K. — Read on http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/decolonising-the-chagos-archipelago/article27473300.ece
