by Aseem Gupta | Jul 30, 2026 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
On 23 June 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union. With 51.9% of voters supporting Leave, the referendum promised a historic transformation: greater control over Britain’s borders, laws, money and economic future. Ten years later, the country is still...
by Aseem Gupta | Jul 26, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Richard F. Burton’s six Supplemental Nights are easy to misunderstand if they are encountered simply as Volumes XI–XVI of his Arabian Nights. The first ten volumes of Burton’s Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night form a recognizable whole because Shahrazad’s...
by Aseem Gupta | Jul 13, 2026 | Economics, Markets & Money
In 2023, South Africa was struggling to keep its lights on. Electricity shortages disrupted factories, forced businesses to spend heavily on generators and batteries, and made scheduled power cuts a routine part of daily life. Three years later, the situation looked...
by Aseem Gupta | Jul 12, 2026 | Book Summaries and Analysis
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers is the seventh novel in Dav Pilkey’s wildly inventive children’s series. Originally published in 2003, it continues the adventure begun...
