Life on the edge in island chars

The crisis faced by the island char dwellers in the floodplain and in the southern estuary delta are not entirely consequences of climate change as many may tend to argue. The multi-channel braided and meandering river systems of the country, with their historic, gradual and/or sudden shifts in courses, have...

The Sick Man of NATO

As the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) marks the 70th anniversary of its founding, it is confronting a crisis unique in its history. Turkey, a NATO member since 1952, has concluded a deal to purchase an S-400 air defence system from Russia. Should the sale go through, the future of...