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A Year of Protest: The Rapid Decline in Civic Freedoms World Over
A new watch list by the CIVICUS Monitor shines a spotlight on Hong Kong, Colombia, Egypt, Guinea and Kazakhstan where there are escalating rights violations against…
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Bangladesh Needs to Wake Up from Its Slumbering Foreign Policy
Eshra Pratim The Indian Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) should come as no surprise to Bangladesh. This delegitimizes millions of Bengalis and other Muslims who have lived…
Analysis
How President Pence Would Blow Up 2020
If Trump were removed from office, the Democratic race would be turned upside down. If the Senate were to remove President Donald Trump from office—which could…
Analysis
THE YEAR AHEAD India and Pakistan Are Edging Closer to War in 2020
Two crises dominated South Asia in 2019, and each one stands to get worse next year. Michael Kugelman Turmoil is never far away in South Asia,…
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Netanyahu Wants to Annex the West Bank. Will Joe Biden Stop Him?
The Democratic nominee needs to be clear: the move would come with real consequences if he’s elected. Early in my career as a U.S. diplomat in…
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The ‘risk to democracy’ in Chile isn’t from protesters. It’s from Piñera and the 1%
Protest criminalised, direct action equated with terrorism: it’s starting to feel like the bad old days of Pinochet “We’re at war against a powerful enemy,” declared…
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Reclaiming a Moral Economy
Bangladesh currently ranks among the fastest growing major economies in the world, notwithstanding some doubts about the growth estimates. In fact, the country’s average annual growth…
Analysis
CGS Journal’s Editorial Board Announcement
PRESS RELEASE CGS Journal’s Editorial Board Announcement Centre for Governance Studies is delighted to announce the formation of its flagship journal’s Editorial Board. Journal of Governance,…
Analysis
India has wounded Afghan and Bangladeshi self-respect
M K Bhadra Kumar Make no mistake, the Bangladeshi and Afghan missions in Chanakyapuri would report verbatim to their capitals the abrasive remarks attributed to the…
Analysis
India-Bangladesh Relations: Post-2014
Bangladesh-India relationship has always been an issue of intense discussions and debate among academics, policy makers and activists. Both governments claim that these two countries are…