Inclusionary social movements attempt to “widen the ‘we.'” That means they work to expand the circle of power, securing the allegiance of a widening galaxy of groups by appealing to their material needs and desire for participation and empowering them to make decisions, thus building a caring society and driving democracy forward. The example
troops, and Kataeb Hezbollah said Baghdad “must urgently remove these hostile foreign forces from the country in order to avoid additional wars in the region”. Following the defeat of the Islamic State, Iraq agreed to a continuing presence of U.S. troops, also curious if Iran is calling the shots and the PMF is as powerful as claimed. Iraq impo
focus when it did not feature in US President Donald Trump’s recent tour of Arab countries. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi was also not invited to the US–Gulf summit in Riyadh held in May 2025. It might be argued that Trump was not on a grand tour of West Asia but was mainly visiting GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) states in May 2025. It is also
with the Mundra Port in Gujarat. It is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sagarmala project, linking up with the geopolitical Mahasagar plan to bring India closer to its maritime neighbours such as Mauritius and Sri Lanka and its closest trading partners like Dubai. While IMEC appears to be a shiny new plan, it is in fact, not a new route for
(JTT) on border delimitation and demarcation. Both countries agreed to accelerate boundary demarcation and establish diplomatic relations during the discussions. During the meeting, Bhutan assuaged Chinese concerns and assured China that it firmly abides by the one-China principle (no specific reference was made to Tibet, though). In March 2024, a