Columnists

Ramin Jahanbegloo

The writer is Noor-York Chair in Islamic Studies, York University, Toronto.

Velvet Revolution embraced Gandhian ethics of responsibility, commitment to human dignity

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

Let us not forget that the strategies of non-violent resistance, dissent and non-cooperation suggested by Havel were presented by him as different ontological modes of living within truth. They became successful in 1989 by echoing an ethical dimension of politics in all of Eastern Europe.

How Gandhian idea of non-violence is shaping political struggle in Spain

Wed, Oct 02, 2019

As the Gandhian moment of Catalonia is showing the world, democracy is not only about institutions, law-making and carrying on governmental administration by means of popular suffrage and elected officers.

In Good Faith: Though controversial, Martin Heidegger offers clues to understanding modernity

Mon, Sep 23, 2019

His best known work, Being and Time (Sein und Zeit), although notoriously difficult and complex, is generally considered to be the most important philosophical work of the 20th century.

Summer of Love 2.0

Sat, Aug 17, 2019

The world needs another Woodstock and all that it stood for.

Tom & Jerry in West Asia

Mon, Jul 29, 2019

Like the iconic cartoon mouse, Iran is using brinkmanship, asymmetrical military tactics against the US

Reading Gandhi in Tehran

Mon, Jun 17, 2019

A decade later, the peaceful Green Movement continues to inspire Iranians worldwide.

Iranian delusion and the American war machine

Mon, May 20, 2019

The million-dollar question is: How can Iran defuse one of this era’s most serious crises?

Washington’s confrontation with Tehran over oil is unlikely to force a regime change

Thu, May 02, 2019

Iran has no way to impose economic sanctions on the US and its allies in the Middle East. But its militias and proxies can retaliate to any military provocation from the US or Israel.

Unless structural reforms are undertaken, Algeria could see a second Arab Spring

Tue, Apr 02, 2019

Now there is a strong feeling among the Algerians that even if the state is controlled by a few individuals, they have the power to bring down the government.