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Is it possible to reform the United Nations?
The global governance system born in 1945 is not enough to face the challenges of the 21st century. Cristina Manzano A carpet at the entrance to…
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Life after the pandemic
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic we have begun to analyse, forecast and speculate the impact on economies, societies, political systems, governance mechanisms, and on…
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Following the Science: Politicians and Experts
Leaders rely on experts both to help them decide policy and to support them in the decisions they make. They know that in a pandemic like…
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Shift to Plant Based Proteins to Prevent Future Pandemics
Three consignments of African Pangolin scales have been recently seized at ports in two Southeast Asian countries. On the first day of April, port authorities in…
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It Is Time to Rethink Africa
Stereotypes exist for a reason, the positive ones and the negative ones. and for generations the stereotype of Sub-Saharan Africa was poor, hungry and primitive. Before…
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Higher education is key for the post-COVID recovery
The United States economy is in free fall. Businesses have closed and people have been laid off. Unemployment could reach 30%, and if it does there…
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What should Bangladesh do now?
Bangladesh cannot lag behind in dealing with the current economic crisis Increasing foreign trade, inward remittance, FDI, overseas remittance for education, health, and service sectors over…
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How the role of the dollar in the global economy is changing
Despite the decline in the US share in world production and trade, the role of the dollar in the global financial system continues to grow. This…
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COVID-19 and the neoliberal state of exception
How do neoliberal governments act in emergency situations when the interests of the private sector top their agenda? Ani Maitra In late February 2020, the Italian…
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Coronavirus is shaking up the moral universe and testing profound philosophical questions
The pandemic is also a test of the strength of the ideas humans choose to help them form moral judgments and guide personal and social behaviour.…
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Becoming digitally fit for banking
There is still much to be done to achieve a fully digitized financial service system in Bangladesh Mamun Rashid Most readers must have already received a…
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Money should go to people who need it most
THIS could be a Beveridge moment in his birthplace since the coronavirus pandemic urges a new way of economic thinking as the 1929 crash triggered a…
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Trump and Putin revisit the “Spirit of the Elbe”
Unusual for a Saturday evening, the White House and the Kremlin upgraded their websites simultaneously to feature a joint statement by the two presidents on “Commemorating…
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Children May Be the Silent Victims of Coronavirus
With schools closed and health systems overwhelmed, the pandemic may impose high costs on vulnerable kids. Adam Minter Many parents felt a profound sense of relief…
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Promises of national independence and politics of public deception
Bangladesh was born out of an extraordinary war of liberation, fought primarily by ordinary people, against the professionally trained occupation forces of neo-colonialist Pakistan 49 years…
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How Shinzo Abe has fumbled Japan’s coronavirus response
As countries around the world debate when and how to ease pandemic restrictions, coronavirus infections continue their steady rise in Japan. On April 16, Prime Minister…