The image of Ronaldo, Trump, Musk, and Bin Salman side by side is a vivid illustration and symbol of politics in 2025. The powerful men of our era: the world’s most famous footballer and a young reformist autocrat perched atop a sea of oil, feasting alongside the leader of the.
In today’s world, certain moments matter not because of what is visibly happening, but because of what remains deliberately hihidden. Kabul 24: The renewed encounter between Mohammed bin Salman and Donald Trump is exactly that kind of moment: the intersection of two personal power projects, each with its own urgent.
This morning, I read a thoughtful piece by Armin Langerudi, an Iranian writer, on the relationship between the Iranian diaspora and enlightenment. In it, he spoke of the strikingly weak role that the Iranian diaspora has played in the intellectual enlightenment and transformation of its home society. Kabul 24: That.
It seems the Maduro regime is living on borrowed time. The U.S. State Department’s designation of Nicolás Maduro as the leader of the “Cartel de los Soles” narco-terrorist organization is a clear signal that the likelihood of military action against him has sharply increased. Kabul 24: The United States and.
Zohran Mamdani, a Shia Muslim, immigrant, and social democrat, has become mayor of New York—the largest city in America and the financial capital of the world. Kabul 24: Mamdani, who says he draws inspiration from the resistance of Imam Hussein against tyranny, addressed Trump directly: “Donald Trump, I know you’re.
While Zohran Mamdani, New York’s young socialist-democratic mayor-elect, is still celebrating his historic election victory, Donald Trump, President of the United States, has dropped the velvet glove and issued a stern warning. Kabul 24: In an interview with Fox News aired Wednesday evening, Trump declared: “Mamdani needs to quickly build.
Zohran Mamdani, the social-democratic politician, triumphed in a fully democratic process despite all the threats and smear campaigns from Donald Trump. Kabul 24: Trump tried to block his victory on three levels: first, with ideological accusations, labeling him an antisemite. Then, with ideological smears, calling him a communist. And finally,.
The statements of American and Israeli officials in recent days and hours indicate a new escalation in the region’s situation, prompting various hypotheses about the potential target country. Kabul 24: If Trump’s statements alone are considered, in addition to countries in the Middle East, Nigeria and Venezuela, located in Africa.
The conceptual history approach is Koselleck’s innovative method. In describing historical developments, he takes the explanation of concepts as the starting point of his method to uncover the accumulated temporal layers. Kabul 24: He distinguishes between “vocabulary” and “concepts”: vocabulary can be defined, but concepts require interpretation. According to Koselleck,.
Undoubtedly, this is a remarkable moment in Syria’s history. Assad and Jolani, sworn enemies, are both guests of Putin in Moscow. Kabul 24: Of course, in Russia’s political tradition, this is not entirely unprecedented. During the Soviet era, it often happened that leaders of satellite states suddenly fell out of.
Alain Badiou, in his book This Century, called the twentieth century the “Nietzschean century,” indebted to his thought. Kabul 24: Last night, I finished reading Modern French Philosophy by Robert Wicks.Kabul 24: Wicks, in this book, argues that French philosophical thought in the twentieth century—which profoundly influenced the global intellectual.
The film Persona, directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1966, is one of the most influential works in the history of cinema—a film that erases the boundaries between reality and illusion, self and other, language and silence. Kabul 24: Plot Summary: Elisabeth Vogler, a theater actress who suddenly stops speaking, retreats.
