Analysis
Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir Inauguration and Its Impact on Indian Politics
On January 22, 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially unveiled a substantial Hindu temple in Ayodhya, India. The temple, also called Ram Mandir, is being built…
Analysis
The Inevitable War between Israel and Hezbollah
While the world remains focused on Gaza, a senior Israeli official recently claimed that the country stands “closer to war than ever” on its northern border,…
Analysis
Three Years After Myanmar’s Coup, China Emerges the Winner
When a country is strong and united, no one can manipulate and control it. But if, like Myanmar, it is weak and fragmented, this weakness will…
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Is China Tightening Its Grip on Bangladesh?
The past year has been full of high-level summits with players from all the global powers. The year contained several multilateral discussions among world leaders, mostly…
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Misinformation and Disinformation: A threat to Democracy in Bangladesh
Right after the national polls closed in Bangladesh on January 7, the so-called independent election observers whom the government hosted spoke to the media about how…
Analysis
Reading Lemkin in The Time of Genocide by Myanmar, Russia & Israel
The world is living through a series of deeply destabilizing genocidal wars. Having returned from The Hague, where I joined the “End Israel’s genocide in Gaza”…
Analysis
The Land of Wars, Surprises and Earthquakes
The developments in the Middle East are not simple. Operation Al-Aqsa Flood unleashed an earthquake and, the very next day, it sparked a limited war launched…
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US, EU Sanctions aren’t Working in Myanmar
When Myanmar’s military seized back control of the country in February 2021 after a decade-long democratic interlude, the international community reached for a familiar tool: economic…
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The Uses and Abuses of Bangladesh’s Law-Enforcement and Prison Systems
Punishment often begins even before arrest in Bangladesh thanks to sweeping legislation, unchecked surveillance and police impunity – with marginalised communities and the political opposition as…
Analysis
By Almost Every Measure, Myanmar Junta Ranks Among World’s Worst Regimes
Since the Feb. 1, 2021 military coup in Myanmar, at least 4,474 civilians have been killed, more than 25,000 people have been arrested and over 78,000…
Analysis
Ukrainian Error or A Deadly Russian Trap? The Belgorod Crash is Yet Another Front in Putin’s War on Truth
On 24 January, an IL-76 Russian strategic airlifter crashed 44 miles from the Russian city of Belgorod, close to the Ukrainian border. Many questions surround the…
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Poll Manifestos
ELECTIONS can rejuvenate nations if they are fair, parties present strong ideas and teams to the masses competitively and the winners have a strong mandate to…