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Beyond Zawahiri
The post Al Zawahiri scenario is as blurred as the details of his activities before he was targeted in a drone attack in Kabul. The complexity…
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International Relations Theory Suggests Great-Power War Is Coming
According to IR textbooks, the United States, Russia, and China are on a collision course. This week, thousands of university students around the world will begin…
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If Liz Truss Becomes Britain’s Prime Minister
It comes from John Barry, a colleague of mine on the Sunday Times when I started out in journalism. John was one of the paper’s most…
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Democracy and Nation-Building in Pakistan During Political Instability
Pakistan inherited a physically unified country with its two wings in 1947. However, it had to build an indigenous nation with a transition from Indian to…
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The Food Crisis is Bigger Than Ukraine
Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian food shipments and the potential loss of Ukrainian harvests due to disruptions from the war have dominated headlines in recent months. Between…
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Russia is Fighting Three Undeclared Wars
And a fourth – an internal struggle for Russia itself – might be looming Now entering its seventh month, Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine shows no…
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Sri Lanka’s Lost People’s Revolution
Not only has the new President failed to provide a degree of accountability, but he is also indulging in a vicious witch-hunt against the activists who…
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Meet the Ambassador | British High Commissioner to Bangladesh
It gives us immense pleasure to announce that, the second event of our “Meet the Ambassador” series, in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Bangladesh, is going…
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Geo-Economics, Not Geopolitics, to Drive I2U2 Alliance
Israel, India, the US and the UAE are firming up already existing trade ties When US President Joe Biden sat down next to Israeli Prime Minister…
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Bangladesh and Nepal Are Not Destined to Repeat Sri Lanka’s Mistakes
South Asia is in trouble. The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has led to an uprising ousting the government, with crowds taking over the president’s office…
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Diaspora Investments Not to Come Soon
The highest number of organizations and individuals were listed during the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government on February 28 last year. It was 577 individuals and 18 entities…
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Democracy and Prosperity at 75
THOUGH it was a few years ago, I still vividly remember an elderly acquaintance telling me about his perilous journey from East Punjab to Multan during…