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Sri Lanka Hones Its Balancing Act
Colombo has demonstrated its own brand of strategic autonomy on issues from Russia’s war in Ukraine to China’s global footprint. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia…
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India Reacts Sharply to U.S. Criticism Over Democracy and Rights
After the Indian government last week arrested opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal in a case of alleged corruption just weeks before a national election, U.S. and German…
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Climate Crisis Should Be Topping The Global Electoral Agenda
The world faces two crucial tests this year. Both will impact large parts of the planet, if not the entire world, and also have the potential…
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Kashmiri Shawl, Indian Saree Face Boycott Calls In Bangladesh; PLA-N In India’s Backyard Worries Delhi?
The spike in anti-India sentiments in Bangladesh is unfolding with eerie similarity to that in Maldives. The incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, called out…
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Who is Not Corrupt?
The 'Minimum policy priorities and common commitment' of the new five-party ruling alliance released last Tuesday, rather unconventionally, acknowledges the pervasive public perception that “everyone in…
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Russia Is Back to the Stalinist Future
A collage illustration shows half of the face of Joseph Stalin and half of the face of a larger Vladimir Putin alongside a star with a…
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On ‘boycott Indian products’ campaign
WHILE Bangladesh is set to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of national independence, India that helped Bangladeshis achieve the independence through a bloodied war against the erstwhile…
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Why Would Islamic State Attack Russia and What Does This Mean for The Terrorism Threat Globally?
It appears almost certain the brutal assault on a Russian crowd settling down to watch a rock concert in Moscow on Friday night was an Islamist…
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Timing of Kejriwal’s Arrest Calls for Close Scrutiny
Questions Surface Over Timing of Kejriwal's Arrest by Enforcement Directorate, Prompting Scrutiny of Circumstances, Political Motivations and the Integrity of Investigative Processes. Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s seventh…
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America’s Most Overlooked Political Divide Is Also Its Most Revealing
It’s not often that a poll result causes me to do a double take. This month, however, a Pew Research Center survey grabbed my attention. As…
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Flare-Ups and Frustration as Kashmir Waits for a Vote
Indian authorities speak confidently of a new era in the region of Jammu and Kashmir, for decades a hotbed of separatism, insurgency and tensions with neighbouring…
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Immigration: Global Election Issue
Spoken or not, the issue of migration is an overt or covert issue for much of the politics of the world today, especially in a year…
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The Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar: 45 Years On
A month after the prime minister of Bangladesh raised concerns about the possibility of Rohingya repatriation, UNHCR representatives in Myanmar met with the junta’s education minister…
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Trump and the Global Economic Risk Picture
Although the world is beset by wars, rising great-power tensions, and other geopolitical risks, most of these factors have not radically affected the outlook for economies…
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Modi’s ‘Guarantees’ on India’s Growth Can Be A Mind-Bender
Examining the promises, challenges, and contradictions of India's development journey in the past decade, amidst political rhetoric and ground realities A jumble of concepts and words…
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The Second Coming
THE newly elected prime minister has set an ambitious target for his minority government propped up by half a dozen disparate groups. He vows to steer…