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Delhi riots: How India has failed its riot victims?
No politician, from those in power to Opposition leaders, has reached out to the victims of the riot. Barkha Dutt After a week of reporting every…
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Myanmar pays rising price for Rohingya crisis
The list of countries planning economic and legal measures against Myanmar is growing Phelim Kine Last week, the government of Myanmar started paying a real price…
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Economic growth is an unnecessary evil, Jacinda Ardern is right to deprioritise it
Ardern has put out a national budget where spending is dictated by what best encourages the “well-being” of citizens, rather than focussing on traditional bottom-line measures…
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Afghanistan is not Vietnam. US should know that walking away won’t be that easy
In the Taliban’s mind, their Emirate still exists. That is why in their deal with the US, there are multiple references to the ‘Islamic Emirate of…
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“Uncertainty Is the New Normal”
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, says that it is too early to say just how severely the coronavirus will affect the global economy. And…
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Coronavirus is a breeding ground for conspiracy theories – here’s why that’s a serious problem
Daniel Jolley and Pia Lamberty The novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world, with new cases being reported all the time. Spreading just as fast,…
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Delhi violence: ‘This is our version of the coronavirus. We are sick’
Beloved friends, comrades and my fellow writers, This place where we are gathered today is only a short bus ride away from where four days ago…
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The rapidly deteriorating quality of democracy in Latin America
Democracy is facing deep challenges across Latin America today. On February 16, for instance, municipal elections in the Dominican Republic were suspended due to the failure…
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The US makes peace in the war it forced on the Taliban
The leaders of one of the most demonised and misunderstood groups in the world sat down in Qatar today and signed an accord which will see…
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Indian citizenship has now been reduced to ‘us’ versus ‘them’
Rahul Sambaraju and Suryapratim Roy The fallout from two controversial changes to citizenship laws continues to rock India. At least 35 people have died in sectarian…
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Can the Arab uprisings move toward a successful revolution?
Across the region, popular movements for change have reached an impasse against the oligarchy. Where do they go from here? Week after week, the protesters return…
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Why President Trump’s NATO Enlargement Plans Will Not Have European Support
After a barrage of criticism by President Trump regarding the functioning of the NATO alliance, the American leader now wants to enlarge the transatlantic alliance to…