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Biden win could be bad news for Modi
The new US president is unlikely to support many of Modi's policies, especially with two key women of Indian heritage watching him Joe Biden’s victory in…
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Why Biden Can Unite America With Nuclear Power — Or Divide It With Renewables
In his victory speech, President-elect Joe Biden said he would govern as an American, not as a Democrat, and work as hard for people who didn’t…
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Road to Riyadh, Can the G20 Fight Corruption?
The G20 places an important emphasis on anti-corruption – but has a long way to go to understand the progress it is making on these issues;…
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Here’s What Kamala Harris Faces as a ‘First’
Amid the celebratory memes rocketing around yesterday, other women of color who’ve cracked through ceilings have some advice: Buckle up. So many firsts. First woman. First…
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US presidential election: China’s unspoken hope is it can work with Joe Biden
• Chinese media coverage of the US election has been muted in part out of concerns Trump administration hawks will sow chaos before leaving office •…
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Time to make the world a fairer place for refugees in HE
Policy-makers across the world have embraced the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a symbol of action and refer to them in political discourse. Encompassing…
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An adult in the White House, finally!
The White House desperately needed an adult at its helm and the American voters have given it one. A collective sigh of relief inside and outside…
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A lesson from the US election: we’ll never understand voters just by looking at polls
If a country has so lost the ability to comprehend itself that its best minds have to depend on surveys, it clearly has a problem As…
Analysis
Joe Biden will face more major challenges than any new president since Franklin Roosevelt
From COVID and jobs to climate and US leadership, our broken politics could hobble Biden. Executive power and plans that help all 50 states will be…
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The Biden Era Begins
American democracy has survived Donald J. Trump. American democracy was on the ballot on Election Day, and although American democracy won, an occasion of immense relief,…
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Biden wins – experts on what it means for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court
The American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting president a second term. President Donald Trump’s tenure…
Analysis
US Polls’ Impact On South Asia: Will A Biden Win ‘Help’ Diplomacy?
There are real & substantive differences between Trump & Biden on South Asia policy that shouldn’t be shrugged off. Many observers have argued that the implications…