M. Zakir Hossain Khan

Eighty-one years since its signing on 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, the United Nations Charter remains the constitutive document of the international order after World War II. Drafted in the age of catastrophe with more than 70 million casualties, the United Nations Charter put forward noble goals: maintaining international peace and security; developing friendly relations among nations; cooperation in solving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems; respect for human rights...

The World Cup 2026 is not only a stage of powerful nations; sometimes, it is the language of dignity of the smaller countries. Right now, Cape Verde is crafting such a language, a small African island nation comprising ten islands of the Atlantic Ocean, located about 600 kilometers away from the coast of Senegal, having a population less than half a million and the courage to challenge the giants of world football. Being able to hold the European champion Spain to a goalless draw in their...

The crisis facing humanity today is often described as an economic or political crisis. Yet a deeper examination reveals that it is fundamentally a crisis of relationships. Humanity has gradually lost its balanced relationship with nature, and the equilibrium in relations between men and women has also been disrupted. Modern development models and power-centered governance have intensified this imbalance. In this context, Natural Rights-Led Governance (NRLG) offers a new philosophical and...