Analysis
The Taliban Are Back — And Its Fine
The Taliban have recently conquered large portions of Afghanistan and seem poised to overrun the Afghan government in Kabul. Yet, contrary to what many commentators assume,…
Analysis
How to End the Pandemic
Even with effective vaccines, the coronavirus and its new variants will continue to subject us to successive epidemic waves. Returning to normal life ultimately will require…
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Making The Digital Money Revolution Work for All
History moves in uneven steps. Just as the telegraph erased time and distance in the 19th century, today’s innovations in digital money may bring significant changes…
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The power of civil society in a post-pandemic world
On 25 May 2020, a 17-year-old girl filmed a disturbing video, which later went viral, of a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, kneeling on the…
Analysis
Delivery of climate finance will be the key to COP26
The upcoming 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November,…
Analysis
Webinar on Militarization in Asia: Role of Smaller Nations
Centre for Governance Studies organized a webinar on “Militarization in Asia: Role of Smaller Nations” yesterday on 28th July, Wednesday. The webinar focused on the Quadrilateral…
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70 Years Ago, the World Made a Pact to Protect Refugees. Too Many of Our Leaders Are Failing to Uphold That Promise
How the world treats refugees is a litmus test of our common humanity. I say that as a refugee myself, having experienced the trauma and wrenching…
Analysis
Thanks to Climate Change, Nights are Warming Faster Than Days
In 1895, while studying past Ice Ages, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius showed that if carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were halved, temperatures could decrease by…
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Myanmar’s Coup Leader Shows His Genocidal Intent
U Nyan Win would be alive today had he not been arrested on Feb. 1, the day of the coup, and thrown into Insein Prison. Technically,…
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China 101
Regardless of whether it is in democracies or otherwise, decisions on foreign policies including those that concern wars against other countries are almost always made exclusively…
Analysis
COVID is Creating a Global Child Care Crisis
During the height of India's second wave of COVID-19, the air in New Delhi had become so thick with crematoria smoke, it's as if the city…
Analysis
Climate Change Impacts in Asia are Essentially A Water Story
Water is critical for sustaining all aspects of life and it is at the center of our need to better understand and address the impacts of…