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Stranger times ahead
IF 2020 was a politically weird year, 2021 possibly will be even stranger. Without a strong party dominating Malaysian politics, there is a possibility that the…
Analysis
Why China Is Upset At NCP Split
With Nepal plunging into a new round of political crisis, it is back on the geopolitical radar. The sudden dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR)…
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Detailed Area Plan 2016-2035 for Dhaka Metropolitan Region
The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) is a huge document with a massive amount of data regarding the future of Dhaka City. RAJUK initiated the planning work…
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Reckoning Stability of Regime
Democratic regime is organised within the permanent institutions of the state as they provide hard shell to avert effects of what Hedley Bull calls the ‘anarchic…
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Biden needs a failed states strategy
Much has been made of President-elect Biden’s plan to hold a “Summit of Democracy” early in his presidency to renew America’s commitment to spreading democracy abroad…
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Is Narendra Modi’s Demagoguery Finally Losing Its Bite?
The prime minister has arrived at a familiar crossroad when a ‘strong’ leader begins finding democracy a somewhat tiresome, cumbersome millstone. Undoubtedly, the prime minister’s admirers…
Analysis
Kashmir’s future
HISTORY has placed an enormous burden on the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and its leaders; especially on its president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, leader of…
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Confused about COVID? Here’s how to read a research paper
Scientific evidence can be difficult to understand. Normally we can rely on experts to interpret it for us, or the media to accurately report any interesting…
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Could Britain rejoin the EU? It seems like a hopelessly lost cause – but so did leaving
It’s easy to assume that the question has been settled for a generation. Remember that Brexit once looked impossible, too Have I mentioned the man in…
Analysis
Can 2021 bring ‘vaccine of hope’ for refugees?
Being locked inside our homes for months and deprived of our daily routines such as shopping, having drinks with friends, traveling, etc. has beyond doubt exhausted…
Analysis
Philip Gain, Modhupur: The Vanishing Forest and Her People in Agony. Dhaka: SEHD, 2019
Philip Gain has worn, and continues to wear, several hats. A journalist by formal education, a part-time university teacher, an avid photographer, a writer, Gain is…
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Crisis of Pakistani democracy
THE ongoing battle between the opposition and the PTI government has brought to the surface the worst of the prevailing political culture. It illustrates patterns of…