Republished
Covid-19 and the power of public health
We all crave the moment when the spotlight swivels towards our line of work, when the professional expertise we’ve been amassing over years in obscurity becomes…
Commentary & opinion
Analysis
Commentary on governance, democracy, security and Bangladesh’s place in the world — first published by CGS, or republished from other outlets and clearly labelled.
- 3,527 articles
- 112 first published by CGS
- since 2019
Analysis
1,944 articles
Republished
Pandemic Protests and Politics
Americans love a good revolt. Yet, if Trump runs a populist campaign premised on jump-starting the economy in defiance of scientists, he will be fighting uphill.…
Republished
Bangladesh garment workers’ struggle drags on
A huge stimulus package has been put in the hands of factory owners, not the workers who need it amid the pandemic Sabria Chowdhury Balland “When…
Republished
Printing money is not an option for Bangladesh
To support the COVID-19 affected economy, some experts are suggesting that the government of Bangladesh should go for printing money. However, I feel that there is…
Republished
A new fiscal, monetary policy framework in COVID-19 era
THE world of economic policymaking will never be the same in the wake of COVID-19. This is not a typical recession stemmed from declining demand or…
Republished
What future do airlines have?
Darren Ellis, Jorge Guira and Roger Tyers Airlines face an unprecedented international crisis in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The International Air Transport Association (IATA)…
Republished
Who should be in charge: doctors or politicians?
How do we know which doctors are right and which are wrong? And who should make this judgment? Jan Zielonka Our lives currently seem to be…
Republished
Industry 4.0 Joins Fight to Contain COVID-19
“I have a 3D Printer and I am ready to join the fight against COVID-19” is the buzz among the technology developers. There is euphoria to…
Republished
Afghanistan’s Fragile Political Transition: The Rocky Road To Peace
In a dramatic turn of events following the conduct of presidential elections in September 2019 and signing of the US-Taliban peace deal on February 29, Afghanistan…
Republished
Five Obvious Lessons from COVID-19
As Covid-19 is ravaging the world and hundreds and thousands of people around the world are dying every day, both optimism and pessimism have become the…
Republished
Are Democracies or Autocracies Better Placed to Fight Pandemics?
South Korea’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic has been acknowledged globally. Even before its first confirmed case of the coronavirus, South Korea had begun to develop…
Republished
Innovation needed in mental health treatment
Andrew Robb and Tania de Jong Struggling with your mental health confronts you. Depression, for its part, can overwhelm you with false anxieties and meaningless, torturous…
Republished
The Border Crisis Doesn’t Pause For A Pandemic
Residents of Arivaca in southern Arizona are fighting to save migrants’ lives — and scrambling to protect their own — as the coronavirus sweeps the nation.…
Republished
COVID-19: Cruise Industry and its Future
In the wake of COVID-19, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has extended its March 14 No Sail Order (NSO) for cruise ships…
Republished
COVID-19 Notes from Bangladesh:A Human Security Discourse
If at first, an idea does not sound absurd, then there is no hope for it. —Albert Einstein Background The world has once again come to…
Republished
Revisiting Health Security: The Effects of Covid-19 Across South Asia
Shahab Enam Khan and Pooja Sharma COVID-19 and South Asia South Asians have a profound memory of Kathmandu of the 1980s, a city full of mystic…