Analysis
COVID Crisis in India: Why Its Public Health Strategy Failed
Most countries have used what’s known as the Swiss cheese model in planning their COVID response. In this risk-management model, each preventative measure is represented by…
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Israel is Trying Hard to Erase Jerusalem’s Palestinians
And it has made colonial violence a permanent feature of Palestinian lives in the holy city. For us Jerusalemites, it is frankly nauseating to hear commentators…
Analysis
America’s Immigration Calculus
For both historic and economic reasons, the United States should continue to rely on immigration. But there is always political pressure to restrict it in order…
Analysis
The End of Modi’s Global Dreams
India’s prime minister advanced a muscular foreign policy, but his mishandling of the pandemic is an embarrassing step back. In December 2004, when an earthquake and…
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India’s Covid 19 Catastrophe: The Cost of Complacency
"Last year, in February-March, a lot of experts had said that India will be the worst-affected country, there will be tsunami of cases. They predicted two…
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COVID in India: The Deep-Rooted Issues Behind the Current Crisis
India finds itself in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Until March 2021, case numbers were low in most parts of the country, leading many to…
Analysis
Prepare for the Price to be Paid for Learning Loss
Since the beginning of the pandemic, educational institutions have been closed in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus. Face-to-face education had been stopped…
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Bargaining With China Today to Save the World Tomorrow
As climate czar, John Kerry has been tasked with a moral balancing act that few leaders have ever faced. As tough jobs go, few are tougher…
Analysis
Biden’s First Hundred Days
Former President Donald Trump's attacks on free trade and immigration, narrow “America First” view of the world, and bias toward retrenchment have become part of the…
Analysis
From Crisis to Catastrophe
Thanks to the incompetence of the Central government, the boast of “India is the pharmacy of the world” has vanished and, instead, we are pleading for…
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Obsession With Infrastructure
AT the inauguration of the first motorway in Pakistan, the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif proclaimed a dazzling future, with industrial cities that would sprout all…
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Glaring Glimpse Into Myanmar Military’s Self-Delusion
Junta report presented to ASEAN on Myanmar's political situation revealed a tortured relationship with the bloody truth Myanmar’s junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrived…