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Difficult days await Saudi citizens
Increased unemployment, expanding poverty rates, a growing deficit in the public budget, a significant decline in general revenues, foreign exchange reserves and public reserves, stagnation in…
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Five years of the refugee crisis: did Merkel ‘manage’?
Now that the initial chaos has subsided, some are painting an overly rosy picture. Five years ago, faced with Europe’s refugee crisis, German chancellor Angela Merkel…
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October Surprise: How Foreign Policy Can Shape US Presidential Elections
It’s debate season in the US presidential election race. After the chaos of the first debate, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be hoping to…
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The Rise of The Opposition?
Does the newly formed PDM have the street power, the tenacity and, most of all, the unity to force a hybrid regime to its knees? The…
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Bangladesh’s Economic ‘Recovery’ in the COVID-19 Era
A PARADOX, A PUZZLE OR MIRAGE? INTRODUCTION Reports in late August and early September suggest that the Bangladeshi economy is making a comeback from the COVID-19…
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A complicated region and its complicated war
When the most recent fighting broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh, many were quick to take sides. Stepping back from emotions, a century of history is woven into…
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How to End the Pandemic This Year
While the world waits with bated breath for a safe, effective, widely available COVID-19 vaccine, another option for ending the pandemic has been staring us in…
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Revitalizing Democracy Internationally
Democracy is in desperate need of renewed international support. The pandemic adds to the challenge but may provide a window of opportunity. Long before the first…
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US presidential debate changes little
In 1858, in the (then) western state of Illinois, a remarkable political event occurred: Two of the most deep-thinking men in American politics took part in…
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Will Trump’s USD 400m debt be a threat to US national security?
A report by The New York Times that US President Donald Trump did not pay federal income taxes has raised the question about how much impact…
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Covid 19: How The World Is Changing
As of October 1, 2020, WHO has recorded 34 million confirmed cases of COVID 19 infection, worldwide and 1 million deaths of which 50% of the…
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Germany faces old problems 30 years after reunification
Three decades on from reunification, Germany is still a divided country in many ways. And the differences between the former East and West Germany are not…