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Sri Lanka’s Economy Measured in Endless Queues
World’s first all-organic farming nation faces worst-ever crisis There are queues for petrol, diesel, gas, kerosene, etc. Husbands, wives and children wait in separate queues. Sri…
Analysis
Putin, Pretext, And The Dark Side of The “Responsibility To Protect”
Claims of genocide tend to get people’s attention. On Feb. 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin broadcast a nationally televised address announcing his attack on Ukraine.…
Analysis
Perceptions of Corruption Before and After the Pandemic: A Survey of Households in Bangladesh
• The survey finds that awareness of the anti-corruption laws among the citizens of Bangladesh is very low, registering only overall 5.7% • While 44.0% of…
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COVID-19 Impacts on Female Employment in Bangladesh: An Impediment to Economic Development
The COVID-19 outbreak has imposed an unprecedented unemployment crisis among women throughout the country. It raised an extra burden on the livelihood and income of the…
Analysis
The Biden Presidential Scorecard at 500 Days
Come next Friday, the 500th day of his presidency, Joe Biden, gazing from the Oval Office toward flags surrounding the Washington Monument, might or might not…
Analysis
Sri Lanka Is an Omen
To solve a global economic unwinding, the world must learn to focus on more than one crisis at a time. Many Western leaders are behaving as…
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Speech and Censorship
PAKISTAN’S ranking fell a further 12 places on the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index released earlier this month. This has to be a point of…
Analysis
COVID Lessons From Japan: The Right Messaging Empowers Citizens
There’s no perfect solution to suppress the pandemic, but careful study and communication are key. Through six waves of COVID-19 in Japan, the number of cases…
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World Food Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Solutions
The war is exacerbating the food crisis, but to end it, the United States must first realise no military solution to the conflict in Ukraine will…
Analysis
The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Gun Control
The basic rules of American democracy provide a veto over national policy to a minority of the states. After each of the repeated mass shootings that…
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The Clash of Asia’s Titans
With global attention focused on Russia’s war in Ukraine, China’s territorial expansionism in Asia—especially its expanding border conflict with India—has largely fallen off the international community’s…
Analysis
COVID Derailed Learning for 1.6 Billion Students. Here’s How Schools Can Help Them Catch Up
The pandemic is the largest disruption to education in history. But research has identified ways to help children make up lost ground. Will they work in…