Commentary & opinion
Commentary on governance, democracy, security and Bangladesh’s place in the world — first published by CGS, or republished from other outlets and clearly labelled.
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We all face the risk that surveillance will turn state borders into 21st-century Iron Curtains, raising constitutional conundrums that would have been unthinkable just days ago.…
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What happens next? Will the world be saved, but only for the rich few, as in 2008; and will digitisation and surveillance become the new order?…
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For years, the economics profession has suffered from a stubborn reluctance to adopt a more multidisciplinary approach. But now that the COVID-19 pandemic is transforming economic…
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Since December 8, 2019, when a first known case of pneumonia with unknown aetiology was found in Wuhan City, China, the world has been badly tangled…
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Coronavirus, which started in December 2019 and originated in Wuhan, China, has not resided in China alone. In less than three months, it became a pandemic…
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The government needs to act to neutralise the threats to food and nutrition security from the lockdown. Shobha Poudel Countries across the world have gone into…
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Only nine years after the Euro crisis, the European Union is once again on the brink of collapse. Whilst the continent is now at the epicentre…
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The case for China’s culpability is based on the principles of state responsibility and Beijing’s alleged failure to respect the obligation, under the 2005 International Health…
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With its 21-day lockdown, India joined a long list of nations taking extraordinary steps to battle Covid-19 — and its results will determine the future of…
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Fahmida Khatun and Syed Yusuf Saadat Throughout the world, governments of various countries are taking extraordinary measures to deal with the crisis created by the COVID-19…
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At the beginning of this month, pro-Assad journalist Rafiq Lutf wrote on Twitter that he had discovered many people infected with the coronavirus in Syria. He…
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The subtlest way to undermine democracy is to fake it. Aryeh Neier In their book The Light That Failed, Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes tell a…
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The global pandemic of COVID-19 has spread to almost every country on the planet earth. The virus will take many lives, disrupt communities and institutions, and…
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The COVID-19 epidemic has struck a blow to physical mobility worldwide. Notices about institutional closures, social distancing and self-quarantining have compelled us all to part ways…
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We are passing through critical times. The world has never seen such gloom and uncertainty since the World War II. Despite its technological progress, especially in…
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The Chinese National Health Commission has announced that COVID-19 epidemic has peaked and plateaued, but people have been warned not to be complacent amid risks of…
