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Myanmar’s Junta to Hold Election Amid Ongoing Crisis
After the 2021 Military Coup, Myanmar’s military chief, General Min Aung Hlaing, for the first-time has announced plans to prepare for an election to holdin December…
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India’s Water Treaty Power Play Signals Regional Shift
As India renegotiates the Ganges Water Treaty with Bangladesh following the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, it is adopting a new posture in its water…
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Elon Musk Says He May Launch His Own Party: But US History Tells us That’s Not A Recipe for Success
To paraphrase a very old joke, how do you make a small fortune in America? Start with a large fortune and fund a third political party.…
Analysis
37 Years and Counting: Why Has Myanmar’s Democracy Struggle Taken So Long?
It has been 37 years since the 1988 Democracy Uprising. For more than three decades, the people of Myanmar have been fighting to restore the democracy…
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SAARC Alternative: Myth or Reality?
This week a news item was flashed on font pages of almost all the newspapers in Pakistan. The news was about the possibility of creation of…
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The Spectre Never Went Away
The word ‘secular’ is anathema to the supporters of Hindu rashtra but can a plural, diverse, multi-religious and democratic country be anything but secular? I admire…
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Gaza’s Hunger Crisis is Not A Tragedy – It’s A War Tactic
The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza cannot be understood solely through the lens of humanitarian crisis. What we are witnessing is not just a tragic consequence of…
Analysis
Can Israel Survive Without the West? The Answer Reveals Our Collective Power
The Israeli genocide in Gaza, along with the escalating regional wars it has ignited, has brought two chilling truths into our focus: first, Israel is deliberately…
Analysis
The Attacks on Iran Didn’t Achieve Anything More Than Harm Nonproliferation
After launching direct attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, United States President Donald Trump was quick to declare victory. His administration claimed “the world is far safer”…
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Bangladesh and India’s New Strategic Dilemma
A new phase of distancing between Bangladesh and India has been brought on by recent changes in bilateral trade along their shared border. Although India has…
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Self-censorship and The ‘Spiral of Silence’: Why Americans are Less Likely to Publicly Voice Their Opinions on Political Issues
For decades, Americans’ trust in one another has been on the decline, according to the most recent General Social Survey. A major factor in that downshift…
Analysis
Lesson From Op Sindoor: To Truly Win, India Must Tone Down its Public Trumpeting
It is important to distinguish between political terrorism and criminal terror. India’s retaliation against the Pahalgam terror attack, codenamed ‘Operation Sindoor,’ has been widely endorsed in…