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What is driving Asia’s technological rise?
Enhancing technological collaboration remains a priority for Asia and the rest of the world. Asia is a technological force to be reckoned with. Over the last…
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Can Poor Countries Avoid a Vaccine Bidding War?
For all of the good news about the arrival of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, the hard truth for the coming year is that global demand…
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Trump and 2020 nightmares are ending and COVID help is coming. It’s no time to go wobbly.
Victory is not in doubt. Don't give in to your fears or start bickering with each other when we're so close to leaving this terrible year…
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Brexit deal done: what’s in it and where next for the UK and EU?
To misquote Shakespeare, our Brexit negotiating revels now are ended. The tempestuous talks did not lead to a dramatic walkout, even if at times the UK…
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The real cost of lockdown
The IMF has estimated the cost to the global economy of the pandemic to have been $28 trillion this year, while successive lockdowns are thought to…
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World Rankings and Indexes: Like Ducks to Water
Ever since a London based agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) partnered with Times Higher Education to measure "academic excellence" against a host of quality indicators at the…
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Why China’s new hydro power project could have security implications for India
•Beijing’s planned dam on the Yarlung Tsangporiver (the Brahmaputra in India) could be another sore point between the neighbours, who are locked in a border dispute…
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How Much of a Democracy Is India, Really?
In every "democracy" where there is capitalist economic system, there is no democracy at all. Abraham Lincoln defined democratic government as a government of, for and…
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Brahmaputra: A Conflict-Prone River Takes a Step Backwards
The Brahmaputra River is a source of life for more than 130 million people in China, India, and Bangladesh, but also a persistent irritant. The three…
Analysis
No need for panic over UK’s new virus strain
Research shows the virus has mutated many times since it emerged from Wuhan earlier this year If you are being kept awake by the news of…
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The geopolitics of artificial intelligence
As artificial intelligence technologies become more powerful and deeply integrated in human systems, countries around the world are struggling to understand the benefits and risks they…
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These break throughs will make 2021 better than 2020
The latest on the innovations that will let us go back to normal. This has been a devastating year. More than 1.6 million people have died…