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Where the Quad Should Go from Here
Shinzo Abe's vision of active cooperation among Asia-Pacific democracies amid China's rise remains valid Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s legacy in international politics will play…
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Bangladesh Can Lead the Call to End Child Labour in South Asia
In 1998, when 14-year-old Khokon from Bangladesh led the Global March against Child Labour from the front, he became the face of the revolution to end…
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Changing Contours of Indo-US Ties
AFTER tolerating four years of tantrums, mood swings and fits, bad language, and the worst idiotic and overtly racist behaviour when defeated by any US president,…
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Who’s culpable for Myanmar’s coup?
When Myanmar's armed forces, known as the Tatmadaw, staged a military coup on Feb 1, reactions inside the country and outside were noticeably different. As the…
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Mandatory Decentralisation Required in Our Health and Education System
I once dreamt that no ambulance was rushing towards Dhaka from rural areas, and no students were flocking to the capital for better educational institutions. When…
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Keeping Troops in Afghanistan Makes America Safer
Over the four years I led the Afghan war effort as supreme allied commander at NATO, I was lucky to have four superb generals working for…
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Revitalising Bangladesh’s Agriculture Sector
Agriculture has consistently been the largest sector in Bangladesh, as in several other developing economies. About 50 percent of the population are employed in this sector…
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The Complex Politics, Geopolitics of the Myanmar Coup
The 'new cold war' between the US and China has deepened the instability that has marked Myanmar’s history since 1962 On February 1, Myanmar’s military, known…
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Did Big Tech Save the World From an Even Bigger Economic Meltdown?
It helped, but the countries that fared best had other factors at play. It is just over a year since the World Health Organization declared a…
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Arab Spring: After a Decade of Conflict, the Same Old Problems Remain
As the popular refrain of “ash-shabyuridisqat an-nizam” rang out across the Middle East in the early months of 2011, the nature of political life and relations…
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Lack of Strategic Thinking
The constitutional mess in Nepal could lead to political and security dilemmas. Nepal and Myanmar, two member states of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral…