Analysis
A Successful COP26 is Essential for Earth’s Future. Here’s What Needs to Go Right
A week from today, a crucial round of United Nations climate change negotiations will begin in Glasgow and the stakes could not be higher. By the…
Analysis
The Long Impasse
WHILE Pakistan has been preoccupied with developments in Afghanistan it has not taken its eye off its eastern neighbour with whom relations remain tense and troubled.…
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Development Paradox
Nepal reduced poverty with open economy and trade but lagged in maintaining growth. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed on October 17th…
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Will South Asia Go Blind?
If some Indians — not all —can find excuses to taunt, abuse, harm, hurt, terrorise or kill fellow Indians who are Muslims, will not Hindus and…
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Will World Leaders at COP26 Resolve The Refugee Crisis?
Climate change in Afghanistan has not only fuelled conflict, it has also provoked a major refugee crisis. Most of Afghanistan is dry and hot for much…
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A Rising China Might Be America’s Most Serious Threat Today
China’s growing aggression over Taiwan could spark conflict. Biden will have to navigate these dire straits prudently. In the waning days of the Trump administration, General…
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Xi Jinping’s Top Five Foreign Policy Mistakes
He's undoing years of assurances to regional governments that a stronger China will be peaceful, non-domineering Xi Jinping’s aggressive foreign policy is stimulating increased international opposition…
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The Easy Way to Rein in Facebook and Google: Stop Them Gobbling Up Competitors
Few of us who have survived the last year aren’t grateful for technology. Zoom, email, connected workplaces and solid internet connections at home have made it…
Analysis
How to Fight COVID Vaccine Misinformation?
The pandemic created a toxic legacy of misinformation and conspiracy theories that has mobilised opposition to vaccinations. Opposition to vaccination is as old as vaccination itself.…
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The Conundrum of Statistics in Bangladesh
As a country becomes more developed and its institutions adopt the conveniences of modern technologies, it can be a natural assumption that the resultant inflow of…
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Fighting Climate Change with Innovation
Innovation has brought us to an inflection point; the coming decade will be decisive When we gathered in Paris in 2015 to hammer out the historic…
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Summit for Democracy
Democracy is said to be the worst form of government except all others that have been tried A virtual Summit for Democracy is being convened by…