Analysis
Donald Trump’s Great Reveal
When it comes to foreign policy, the president’s most important characteristic is not amorality or a lack of curiosity; it is naïveté. TO DONALD TRUMP’S CRITICS,…
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Bolivia elections: socialist Luis Arce celebrates projected victory amid democratic fragility
Luis Arce, former finance minister in the government of Evo Morales, celebrated with his campaign team in La Paz in the early hours of October 19…
Analysis
Americans do not need more debates to decide their votes
With a canceled second debate due to the coronavirus infection of the president, Donald Trump and Joe Biden have different plans this week. I take no…
Analysis
It’s a pandemic: Go after the virus, not the vulnerable
To achieve herd immunity for Sars-CoV-2, it is estimated that at least 60 to 70% of the global population – over five billion people – would…
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Bangladesh wins and loses in China-India rivalry
Beijing and New Delhi are hotly competing for influence in Bangladesh but Dhaka has good cause to be suspicious of both Bangladesh is in the middle…
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Excluded at the ballot box: what stops people voting around the world and how to fix it
As the US election campaign nears its end point, one thing about the result is certain: a lot of people won’t vote. Turnout at the 2016…
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Rape and impunity (not only) in Bangladesh
Last month in Bangladesh, a video showing the gang rape of a 37-year old woman went viral on Facebook. Eight men implicated in the crime were…
Analysis
Coronavirus: Is the cure worse than the disease? The most divisive question of 2020
In 1968, at the height of the last great influenza pandemic, at least a million people worldwide died, including 100,000 Americans. That year A.M.M. Payne, a…
Analysis
The Election That Could Break America
If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him? THERE IS A COHORT…
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Arab youth survey should serve as a wake-up call
Should we be in the least bit surprised at the huge number of Arabs who want to emigrate from the region, particularly from the Levant? What…
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War has broken out on the edge of Europe. What’s behind it?
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a mostly forgotten tragedy, with high human cost and a labyrinth of differing viewpoints A tragedy is unfolding on the edge of…
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The Anglo sphere: The great power alliance right under Washington’s nose
As George Orwell so sagely put it, “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” Sadly, this is a battle most…