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Democrats Unveil Draft Foreign Policy Platform withPromises to End “Forever Wars” and “Regime Change”
The draft platform is a sign of how far the party’s center of gravity has shifted in four years. Alex Emmons NEW DRAFT TEXT of the…
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India’s Article 370 experiment in Kashmir has failed
International community must help restart talks among region's key stakeholders Safina Nabi Wednesday marks a year since India revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution that…
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The Perils of Perestroika: Why Putin Chose to Prolong His Rule
To build his regime, Putin manipulated his predecessors’ crumbling institutions and the country’s economic system. Now, Putin must become his own successor—or let someone else pull…
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How to Create Unemployment and Deflation
Wage cuts and underspendingare a direct route to another Great Depression. The US and Germany seem to be headed that way. Heiner Flassbeck In the US…
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Iran-China Agreement: Will It impact India’s Regional Connectivity Efforts?
After a period of over four months, transit trade with Afghanistan via the Wagah-Attari land crossing (boundary separating India and Pakistan) has resumed recently. Trading through…
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A 21st Century Model for Fighting Terrorism
Why Joe Biden should adopt New Zealand’s successful approach upon (hopefully) taking office. Simon Clark On March 15, 2019, a white supremacist walked into two mosques…
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How Many People in the U.S. Are Hospitalized With COVID-19? Who Knows?
The Trump administration told hospitals to stop reporting data to the CDC, and report it to HHS instead. Vice President Mike Pence said the information would…
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Kashmir: new domicile rules spark fresh anger a year after India removed region’s special status
One year since Narendra Modi’s government scrapped the special status that Kashmir had held for decades, Kashmiris remain deeply concerned about their future. In late March,…
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Modi’sHindutva agenda is unsettling Bangladesh, time Delhi reaches out to reassure Hasina
The docking of an Indian ship at Chittagong port is an amazing breakthrough in the on-off bilateral relationship. So why are Modi and Sheikh Hasina silent…
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Five graphs that show how uncertain markets are about the coronavirus recovery
Financial markets can tell us a lot about the economic recovery ahead, based on their direction of travel and how confident investors feel about the future.…
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Mask Wars
The pandemic and the protests of recent months should serve as a reminder of a simple truth: a mask is always just a mask. What matters…
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Brahmaputra dams: A China-India political quagmire
China's dam-building threatens to choke off the flow of one of India’s most important rivers Dechen Palmo Both the 12th and 13th Five-Year Plans adopted by…