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The Geopolitical Conquest of Economics
Although economics and geopolitics have never been completely separate domains, international economic relations were shaped for 70 years by their own rules. But the rise of…
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Having Too Much Time in Lockdown to Confront the Truth of Our Mortality
I’ve been “ageing in place” for about 18 months, on or off. Mostly “on” because living in the world’s most locked down city the “off” times…
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Will Trump Run Again … and Win?
All bets are off in the United States of Fear, Rage, and Peril. The fear and rage that gripped the US capital under the presidency of…
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‘Let’s get to work’: Insider Testimony Opens Door to Facebook Regulation
In recent years, a select few issues have managed to pierce the cavernous partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress. An increasingly hawkish…
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Asia’s Climate Emergency
Fiscal policy can help address climate change in Asia, the region hit hardest by global warming Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and…
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World Needs A Food Revolution, Not Just Reform
With nature’s capacity to support human life having reached a breaking point, changing what we put on our plates has become an urgent priority This year,…
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Crisis, Class and Consumption
Week after week, shortages of imported goods and rising cost of living are crippling the day-to-day lives of ordinary people. As the economic depression unfolds, the…
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Between Chinese Dragon and US Eagle
The West’s pivot to Asia has heightened tensions in the Indo-Pacific. With the US and China vying for predominance and increasing their military presence, the region’s…
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Data Privacy Should be Considered an Inalienable Human Right
With the growing digitization of various aspects of society and the exponential increase in the amount of data “exhaust” that most of us produce, data privacy…
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Towards Multimodal Connectivity
With geopolitics rapidly changing, Nepal needs to make multi-modal connectivity a reality. For the past couple of years, there have been groups working silently to push…
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Why the World’s Eyes are on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border
The Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan has greatly impacted regional relations. Understand why tensions have been rising between Afghanistan and its northern neighbor Tajikistan. Afghanistan and Tajikistan…
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The Growing Taliban Challenge
THE reported upsurge in the TTP’s terrorist violence in Pakistan in recent months has coincided with the Afghan Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August. While there…