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The peculiar case of Japan
RECENTLY, Myanmar’s de facto leader SuuKyi met the Japanese prime ministerShinzo Abe in Tokyo. ‘With regard to the alleged human rights violations in Rakhine State, it…
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Going global: EU MPs visit shows that BJP has now thoroughly internationalised the Kashmir issue
A keystone of Indian foreign policy over the past 50 years has been to deinternationalise Kashmir. Has that been shattered? For the past half century, since…
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Bangladesh’s troubling Rohingya relocation plan
In its Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, Bangladesh has generously provided a modicum of safety and dignity to the Rohingya refugee survivors of the Myanmar military campaign…
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Economic diplomacy: South and South-East Asian perspective
Economic diplomacy is the use of the full spectrum economic tools of the state to achieve its national interest, including external economic sector, foreign aid or…
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Where the Linear Progression of Hindutva Will Take India
Hidden beneath layers of political exigencies for close to a century, the project is now out on full display. Vikas Pathak A new idea of India…
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Trump’s Four Horsemen
The president is unleashing autocrats to create a Middle East apocalypse. Texas tornadoes are potentially caused by the “flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil,” according…
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Democratic nations should protect all free speech
If a state fundamentally guarantees freedom of expression then it also guarantees a right to offend. Atit Babu Rijal The police have recently started catching supposed…
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Chile’s Protests Aren’t Like Other Latin American Protests
The region’s erstwhile standout is suffering from a failure of leadership. It’s tempting to conclude after a week of rampage that Chile is following its Latin…
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(C)overt Islamophobia: the aftermath of the Sri Lanka Easter attacks
Sri Lanka’s Muslim community is suffering from continuous Islamophobia on two fronts. Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero On April 21st, 2019 eight explosions happened all through the island of…
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Is War on the Ballot in the 2020 Elections?
We complain that democracy is under assault from Donald Trump, but he’s just a cog in a much larger worldwide machine that is tearing down democratic…
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Bureaucratic Reform for a Bangladesh in 2041
Sustained economic growth, ongoing political stability and Sheikh Hasina's development focus are prompting the nation to dream of becoming a developed country by 2041. However, development…
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The roots of Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis
The UN General Assembly in New York just ended recently, and while there was much talk of the Rohingya crisis—including important discussions on ongoing efforts to…