Witty Global blog

  Muslim-majority states prefer to pursue neutrality in their foreign policy. Many believe this is because they simply oppose liberal ideology. However, a closer examination of their current strategic foreign Policy reveals a more nuanced, practical and multipolar approach. After over a year of war in Ukraine, some 50 Muslim-majority states from Morocco to Indonesia follow a neutrality policy in the Russia-Ukraine War. They neither support Russia nor Ukraine or its backer, the West. Muslim-majority states are unified in their neutral stance on the war and follow assertive foreign policy paradigms with broader international implications. Muslim-majority states "de-westernize" their international affairs and establish strategic partnerships with other great powers while reducing their dependence on arms suppliers from the US. They also avoid interstate rivalry and interference in the domestic affairs of fellow Muslim-majority states or other authoritarian great powers. This art

  The US has projected itself as the global leader of democracy through its powerful mass media, huge economy and lavish military expenditures. A closer look reveals that the country requires extensive reform before it can claim to be a true democracy. Democratic reform should begin with the presidency. T he presidency of the  United States  has a surprisingly undemocratic selection process. In my previous article on American democracy, I pointed out that the president is not elected by popular vote but by the electoral college and how, over time, the presidential election process has become corrupt.  America's founding fathers feared the presidency's evolution into an imperial office. In fact, that fear was the driving force behind the  separation  of powers into three distinct branches of government: the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary. We traditionally call this the " checks and balances " system. Each component of government can challenge the actions