Social Science

Post-Cold War(1991-current)

Introduction Cold War ended with the pulling apart of the Soviet union.  As a result, the era of bipolar world finished  and just one superpower...

Cold War (Part 3/3:New Cold War)

Introduction As concluded in my previous blog, Detente ended completely by the year 1979. The period which followed opened last chapter, in the history of...

COLD WAR part 2/4 (Detente)

Introduction As told in my previous blog, the world stood on the brink of world war III, during the Cuban  missile crisis of 1962. It...

Learned Helplessness of a Nation & Learned Optimism of a Leader

Nearly 50 years ago, Martin Seligman and Steve Maier experimentally proved that human beings or animals can learn to become helpless when they experience...

COLD WAR (part 1/4)

INTRODUCTION   After World War II ended in 1945, everyone thought that the world will now become a peaceful place to live because after the destruction...

The Tragedy of Karbala and Lessons we should learn

In the Battlefield of Karbala (Iraq), on the banks of the river Euphrates, almost fourteen centuries ago, Imam Hussain, the beloved grandson of the...

Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

Guantanamo Bay, or Gutimo, unfolds the stories of many detained without concrete evidence or being given a chance for trial. Locked up naked and...

Prejudice and Discrimination in Healthcare

  "People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each...

The Wrong Turn

Women should have justice as well as praise, and if she is to dispense with either, she can better afford to part with the latter...

Introversion VS Social Anxiety

"No, I don’t want to attend the party tonight", said Ram. "Why do you avoid weekend parties?" questions his friend, who always gets irked...