Arab Muslim polymath Ibn Khaldun’s supply-side economic theory that tax cuts stimulate the economy and generate greater revenues influenced Ronald Reagan’s economic policies, and the Laffer Curve, which shaped modern conservative tax policy
The American strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities sparked a fresh sense of emergency that Iran has repeatedly found itself in, and contributed to the survival of the establishment that took power post-1979 revolution, with the same Western hegemony and interferences among the contributing factors
MBS’s reforms have ushered in a social revolution in Saudi Arabia by empowering women and expanding industries such as tourism, even as challenges remain in diversifying the economy away from oil dependency and ensuring sustainable growth as part of an ambitious vision for transformation
Islamic Golden Age polymath Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina (980-1037), better known as ibn Sina and Avicenna, influenced healthcare for centuries by laying foundational principles for modern medicine, emphasizing disease prevention and understanding transmission vectors
Fazlur Rahman Khan, a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, revolutionized skyscraper design with his innovative tube structural system, which enabled the construction of taller, more efficient, and safer buildings
Christians, who have historically played significant roles in the Palestinian resistance and faced violence and discrimination like Muslims, have stood by their fellow Palestinians united by shared suffering and called out Western complicity in their dispossession
Trump tariffs mark a significant shift towards economic nationalism, discarding decades of accepted wisdom on free trade and globalization to boost the economy with potentially unintended consequences, including recession and an acceleration in American decline
Tunku Abdul Rahman played a pivotal role in the struggle for Malaya’s independence and the subsequent formation of Malaysia, demonstrating leadership skills, navigating complex ethnic relations, and promoting multiculturalism while protecting Malay rights and fostering racial harmony to maintain stability
Indonesia’s multicultural society founded on Islamic principles has been maintained through the Pancasila ideology, balancing religion and democracy even as recent shifts threaten this necessitating localised solutions to address rising identity politics to preserve national unity
Unlike Europe, the debate about multiculturalism in Asia revolves around the question of how postcolonial states rife with ethno-nationalist debates and conflicts centered around the questions of language, ethnicity, and religious identities can become cohesive multicultural nations
