Analysis
Is Trump Scaring Democrats Away from Vote by Mail?
New evidence suggests he might be—and that could hand him the election. With the election just a few weeks away, Democrats are increasingly afraid to mail…
Analysis
Kashmir and the UN Security Council
India, China conflict; India, Pakistan hostilities will lead whole region to nuclear catastrophe if Kashmir issue goes unresolved India’s Ambassador to the United Nations T. S.…
Analysis
The V-Shaped Recovery Marches On
Despite all of the doom and gloom of the past six months, much of the global economy continues to show signs of a sharp recovery from…
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How Europe’s lofty values are drowning in a sea of migrants
Nearly 13,000 people, including 4,000 children, were left homeless, hungry, thirsty and destitute when the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos went up…
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Macron in Beirut and Baghdad: a New French Approach to the Middle East?
On his spectacular visit to Beirut on August 6, President Macron had spoken frankly to the Lebanese authorities. He had also announced that he would return…
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The changing face of Singapore democracy
Opposition leader Pritam Singh is well-placed to challenge the PAP's long-time stranglehold on the city-state's politics When Singaporeans went to the polls on July 10, voters…
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Putin holds all the cards in Belarus
One of the greatest problems in political risk analysis is that the heart so often gets the better of the head. Because we want a political…
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What ‘dignity’ does Hong Kong’s rubber-stamp legislature deserve?
When Justice Wilson Chan of the Court of Appeal wrote in his judgement on Baggio Leung that the defendants’ actions “hurt the dignity of LegCo”, I…
Analysis
How Trump Could Win
The President consistently trails Joe Biden in polls, but political strategists from both parties suggest that he still has routes to reëlection. Among the categories of…
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How to hold elections safely and uphold democracy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Free and fair elections face a new kind of threat. In addition to scheming leaders and compromised electoral commissions, there is now the impact of the…
Analysis
Covid-19: the great un-equalizer
A newly released survey confirms that the main victims of efforts to control the pandemic have been the most vulnerable communities Far from being the great…
Analysis
Is the 9/11 era over?
It’s been almost two decades since the events of 9/11, yet we still live in their shadow. That era-defining terrorist assault on the United States prefigured…