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Is There A Good Way for A Political Party to Achieve Internal Democracy?
Democratic functioning may be an ideological imperative, operational choice, or legitimising tactic but it is not an end in itself for a political party. The case…
Analysis
COVID-19 Intensifies Digital Repression in South and Southeast Asia
COVID-19 has enabled states to reformulate public health surveillance as law-and-order issues. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries in Asia had experienced rising levels of autocratization…
Analysis
Why is India So Prickly As It Faces Global Gaze?
In the latest UN Human Development Index, India is placed 131 out of 189 countries Is the world conspiring to make India look bad? Or are…
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Fiscal Policy for an Uncertain World
As public debt rises to record levels, countries need to calibrate fiscal policies to their own unique circumstances. Vaccination has saved lives and helped economic recovery…
Analysis
What is COP26? Here’s How Global Climate Negotiations Work and What’s Expected From the Glasgow Summit
Over two weeks in November, world leaders and national negotiators will meet in Scotland to discuss what to do about climate change. It’s a complex process…
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India, the Quad, and the Future of Outer Space
With the Quad’s recent statement on a partnership related to outer space, India has an opportunity to bolster its private space sector. But it will need…
Analysis
Who’s Who in Glasgow: 5 Countries that Could Make or Break the Planet’s Future Under Climate Change
The climate talks in Glasgow are just days away, and may be the last chance to coordinate global efforts to stop the planet warming beyond 1.5℃…
Analysis
Pakistan Needs a Homegrown Counterterrorism Policy
The “War on Terror” is an American idea that only made matters worse. There are many lessons to be gleaned from the U.S. failure in Afghanistan.…
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Will Policymakers Put Pandora’s Papers Pack in The Box?
There are clear measures that can be taken to dismantle financial secrecy. All that is needed is political will. In early October, the International Consortium of…
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Learning to Manage the China Threat
When US President Bill Clinton backed China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, he suggested that the move would spark profound changes ‘from the inside out’.…
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An Ideological Threat to China, from China
The People's Republic of China (PRC) has undergone one of the most intense periods of economic growth and development in history, making it the second largest…
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Cycle of Rule of Law and The Tragedies of Its Failure
On July 8 earlier this year, a fire broke out at the Hashem Foods factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district. The tragic incident claimed the…