The policy of multiculturalism in Azerbaijan is extremely important as a form of intercultural and interfaith dialogue in foreign politics and on a global scale, just as it is important in domestic politics. Juan José Varela Tembra * Ravan Hasanov is the Executive Director of Baku International Multiculturalism […]
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Submarine cables: The arteries of war and peace
Recent alarming changes in US-Russian relations will inevitably involve the internet cables that hold the techno-human world together, which may partially explain Trump’s interest in Panama, Greenland and Canada. Today’s fibre-optic cables present the same opportunities for great-power conflict as their telegraphic counterparts did in the 19th Century.
The Dalits, relegated to the fringes of society
Citizens struggle to overcome an age-old dogma that keeps them pinned under the foot of social order. The caste system as one of the defining marks of Indian culture. However, for those born into a society at the bottom of the caste ladder, there is a line where culture ends and oppression begins.
Palestinians on their way to Gaza: homeless, jobless, without a future
Hundreds of thousands of people have nowhere to return to, nowhere to sleep and try to start a life. Gaza is a place in ruins. Those who live there do so in the midst of all the deprivations: basic services, employment, hospitals, schools… Ninety per cent of homes in […]
Female genital mutilation or cutting, a dangerously widespread practice
A new report has collated evidence of female genital mutilation/ cutting (FGM/C) in 94 countries, revealing how this harmful practice exists in more communities than previously recognized and the number of girls and women affected or at risk exceeds earlier estimates. Equality Now* Efforts to end FGM/C remain […]
















