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An Uncertain World Ahead in 2024
The already disintegrated world has been further fragmented by different wars and rising tensions across different regions around the world. Amidst the already rising tensions between…
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India’s tough vote in Bangladesh: Hasina over China, Joy Bangla over Jamaat
That Sheikh Hasina remains India’s best bet in Bangladesh shows, at one level, the failure of diplomatic imagination or intent on its part In the coming…
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Yunus The ‘Guilty’, Let Facts Speak
"I have been punished for a crime I did not commit. If you want to call it justice, you can." — Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus…
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Webinar on “Only changing the name will not end the misery”
On 2 January 2024, the Centre for Governance Studies organized a webinar on the Digital Security Act 2018 titled “The Perpetual Misery: The Plight of the…
Analysis
Bangladesh: The Election That Has Turned Into A One-Woman Show
Bangladesh is holding general elections on 7 January - the result already looks inevitable. With the main opposition parties boycotting the poll and many of their…
Analysis
Is Russia-Ukraine War Set for A Big Freeze?
On the battlefield in the Russia-Ukraine war, the first half of 2023 was a period of buildup toward Ukraine’s Kherson and Kharkiv counteroffensives. But there were…
Analysis
Decoding Bangladesh Election: Sheikh Hasina’s Manifesto, Economic Challenges, and The Crucial West Factor
This election, what will remain elusive is the hope for a new brand of politics that can achieve compromise and consensus between key political stakeholders and…
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Gaza Is A Burning Topic for Southeast Asia’s Domestic Politics
In Indonesia, a presidential candidate and the foreign minister addressed hundreds of thousands of protestors. In Malaysia, the prime minister, draped in a Palestinian keffiyeh, led…
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A Year of War and Little Peace
The advantage historians have over journalists is that the passage of time offers them a perspective not available to those with immediate deadlines. But the year…
Analysis
It’s Time to Rethink Our Relations with India. It is Getting Too Close to Russia
On the day after Boxing Day, while most MPs were on the sofa eating leftovers, an extraordinary meeting was taking place in Moscow. Only two countries…
Analysis
Taiwan Election: Showdown Against China’s Influence
The relationship between China and Taiwan is like a toxic relationship in the current century. Even after the separation one does not get over the other.…
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Could Hamas Become a Global Threat?
The militant group seems to be hoping that its ideology, cause, and brand will go global the way the Islamic State’s did. The scale and sophistication…