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Russian Discount Oil: A Missed Opportunity for Us
India can be one of our options in this tough time of high price of fossil fuels The sanctions imposed on Russia by the US and…
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It’s Time to Stop Russia
After suffering five months of the worst devastation in Europe since the Second World War and defending their homeland with a determination that has gained admiration…
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Why Great Power Focus is Increasingly on Africa
Much attention this coming week will be focused on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Africa, where he will unveil Washington’s new regional strategy.…
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Bangladesh’s Economic Crisis: How Did We Get Here?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s willingness to support Bangladesh’s request for a 4.5 billion dollar bailout package over the next three years confirms that the country’s…
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Dealing With Inflation, Really
The inflationary wave has revealed all sorts of things about governments but also, more tellingly, about economists. The number of economists, and consequently policy-makers, who remain…
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India’s Population Surge: Dividend or Disaster?
The long-awaited report that India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023 has triggered debate in India, with the ruling right-wing Bhartiya…
Analysis
Is Pakistan the Next Sri Lanka?
Pakistan’s own economic crisis has sparked worried comparisons to the disaster unfolding in nearby Sri Lanka. Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka housed ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa…
Analysis
Crackdown on Protests: What the Dickens is Happening?
Sri Lanka’s people-power movement is in tatters with the new government of President Ranil Wickremesinghe launching a crackdown on the protest movement’s frontline activists in what…
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Carbon Pricing Isn’t Enough to Mitigate Climate Change
The deadly heat wave in Europe this month should provide an impetus for more aggressive state action on emissions. Last week, as a heat wave swept…
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Asia’s Economies Face Weakening Growth, Rising Inflation Pressures
A multifaced response, including increasing interest rates, is needed to prevent an upward spiral of price expectations and rising capital outflows. The global economic outlook has…
Analysis
Traitors in the Ranks: Zelensky Purges Raine’s Security Services
Zelensky is determined to get the siloviki under the political control of his administration, regardless of any accusations that he is usurping power. Following Russia’s invasion,…
Analysis
How to End Russia’s War on Ukraine
The Ukraine war is being fought both on the battlefield and in the broader geopolitical context. And Russia seems to have a chance of winning on…