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Japan’s Economy May Be Another Coronavirus Casualty
The Tokyo Olympics may be at risk as the epidemic spreads. William Sposato The coronavirus outbreak could hardly have come at a worse time for Japan.…
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How vulnerable is Xi Jinping over coronavirus? In today’s China, there are few to hold him to account
Rowan Callick Brand “People’s Republic of China” is wobbling, as if the massive picture of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square was swaying with an earthquake tremor.…
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What Bernie Sanders Means for America
Whatever happens from here, Bernie Sanders, an avowed socialist, has just won the first three contests for the Democratic nomination for president. What has already happened…
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President Trump getting a wall in India too
US President is due to visit India on February 24, but the trip may provide more optics than substance Saikat Datta US President Donald Trump is…
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Democratic backsliding and the information battle
Continued backsliding of democracy for more than a decade, globally and domestically, has raised the question—where are we heading? The question, for some, is an innocuous…
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Coronavirus: how health and politics have always been inextricably linked in China
Xun Zhou Since the onset of the Chinese revolution in the early 20th century, public health objectives have been an integral part of the Chinese Communist…
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Peace plans have no function except to serve Israel’s colonial takeover of Palestine
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint statement in the East Room of It will prove to be Israel’s…
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The interplay between politics and the military
While the politicisation of the military remains a concern, so is the militarisation of political discourse and practice C Uday Bhaskar In his inaugural address on…
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Hong Kong Is Showing Symptoms of a Failed State
With empty supermarket shelves and rising public distrust, the coronavirus-hit city is ticking most of the boxes. Grocery runs in Asia’s financial powerhouse have begun to…
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2010s: The Decade of Protests
As 2020 begins with news of escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, it is important that we reflect on the defining features of the…