The Influence of Indian languages on English
Article written by Hemant Rangan English is the most global of languages and has been enriched by languages from all […]
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The Scottish Referendum – a View from the North of England
The months-long debate and analysis of the referendum concerning possible Scottish secession seemingly centres on class disparities between underprivileged, nationalistic […]
Vietnamese values
The Vietnamese cultural classification is basically reactive and Confucian influence is still strong. They are, however, dialogue-orientated, this partly due […]
The Quiet Colossus
The first decade of the 21st century heralded an era of challenge among the actual and wannabe superpowers girdling the […]
Russia and the EU
The European Union is currently an uneasy one. Evolving from the European Coal & Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951, signing […]
How the West will meet and ultimately accommodate the BRICS challenge
The awesome emergence of the BRICS union, comprising nations representing 4 major engines of global economic growth, backed by half […]
Russia’s role in the BRICS union
The BRICS union – comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China (with South Africa tagging along) – was partly the brainchild […]
Myanmar / Burma 2013
In March I was able to spend some time in the remote and mysterious land of Burma, the last major […]
Blossoming Russia
From the 20-25 January 2013 I visited the city of St. Petersburg, giving lectures in two prominent academic institutions – […]
Monochromatic and Polychromatic Cultures
There are several hundred well-documented cultures in the world, most of them belonging to major nation-states – France, Germany, Russia, […]