The idea for this site was birthed when a friend of mine asked me to send her my study notes from the world politics short course I was about to embark on. Like me, she was interested in understanding our world in context. September 11, the attack on America’s world trade centre, was no doubt a wake up call for the spoilt lot of us Gen Y folk – as we sat up and took notice, many of us for the first time, of the world around us.

This site will be a work-in-progress, which I hope, will evolve into a useful resource for students of world politics, and more importantly, it will serve as a starting point for those who just want to know a little bit more about what’s going on around the world.

Many friends have asked me where to go to keep abreast with the news and current affairs, and I have sought to provide links across a wide range of media, from the New York Times to the arabic Al Jazeera and the China Daily.

So, to Wenx, thanks for sparking this idea, and I hope it will be useful to you, as well as all and sundry.