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Where are Nepal-India relations heading?
The foreign policy of the Nepal Communist Party government has been a blanket failure. Nepal-India relations are in an unprecedented gridlock. It belies the much-touted 'uniqueness'…
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Beirut blast: The final explosion of an evil state
The detonation was a catastrophe caused by an irresponsible, criminal state that is hostile to its own population The devil was prowling there, right next to…
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The Covid-19 Miracle of Dharavi
How Asia’s largest slum conquered the coronavirus Could the teeming Mumbai slum of Dharavi contain the answers in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic? It didn’t appear so…
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As Lebanese anger grows, time for real answers
Everybody knows who controls Lebanon’s ports, airports and national borders. Everybody knows how hundreds of tons of Iranian weapons and explosives have made their way into…
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Importance of seasonal flood forecasts in Bangladesh
Floods and other climate variations significantly impact food production and quality of life for Bangladeshis Bangladesh is in essence an agrarian country in a deltaic environment…
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Three challenges to the 2020 US election
Although the US presidential election is less than 90 days away, it is—unlike any other election year before—not at the centre of public discourse or media…
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Why Asia and Europe Are Responding to the Same Crisis Differently
In Europe and Asia alike, policymakers must begin considering how to translate emergency measures into more sustainable policies. Their approaches may not be the same, but…
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How Tik Tok got caught in the cross hairs of US-China politics
Donald Trump’s threat to ban Tik Tok, a video sharing app owned by Beijing-based Byte Dance, on August 1 is only the latest in a series…
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The Covid novels are arriving. And they’ll be a warning to future generations
We remember the horrors of the first world war but not the 1918 Spanish flu, which was mostly ignored by literature The first coronavirus novel from…
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General Election 2020: Stars Bite the Dust as Underdogs Shine
General Election 2020 concluded once again giving a two-third majority to a governing party led by Rajapaksas. While, there is no clear-cut idea as to what…
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Hong Kong’s security law: A cautionary tale of two cities, where ‘nothing has changed’
This is a tale of two cities over two dates. Fred Frankfurter lives in New York, where he works as a stock chooser, or securities analyst…
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Who is to blame for Lebanon’s mess?
The explosions that devastated Beirut have shown the world the ugly, but true, face of Lebanon; like the thousands of windows shattered by the shockwave, any…