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Europe’s Dangerous Dependence on China
Europe is waking up to the malevolent influence of the Chinese regime. European leaders need a common political and economic strategy to manage China’s irreversible rise.…
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Finland, NATO and The Evolving New World Order – What Small Nations Know
In the world of geopolitics, great powers make, break and play by their own rules. Smaller states largely have to make do with adjusting to the…
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Trump’s Indictment Answers A 50-Year-Old Question
Donald Trump became the first ever former US president to be indicted on Thursday. Like so many other instances with Trump, we’re venturing into new terrain.…
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Persecution of Journalists: Condemnation isn’t Enough
It is our moral duty to condemn the arrest of Samsuzzaman Shams and demand his immediate release. The way Prothom Alo correspondent Samsuzzaman Shams was picked…
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It is Time to Phase Out Fossil Fuels
We call on world leaders to come together and commit to start phasing out fossil fuels immediately. On March 20, the United Nations’ top experts on…
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Asian Governments Must Work Together to Address Water Insecurity
The world is facing an imminent water crisis. A recent report from the Global Commission on the Economics of Water warns that global demand for fresh…
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Israel’s Political Crisis, Explained
What happened, exactly? Since taking office last December, the far-right coalition led by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu had been trying to get legislation passed…
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What’s Behind the Collapse of US Banks
The only official way inflation is fought under capitalism is by raising interest rates and generating unemployment, thereby straining banks as well as working people. There…
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Here’s The Real Lesson from The Showy Xi-Putin Meeting
Pentagon strategists have always divided the world into East and West, with U.S. regional forces under European Command or Indo-Pacific Command. But looking at the embrace…
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How Big a Deal Is the Banking Mess?
I’m on vacation and trying to spend a few weeks not thinking about the usual stuff. But it turns out that I can’t stay completely out…
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In Bangladesh, A Government Without A Foreign Policy
Bangladesh, a country of 170 million people, is sitting on the hotbed of the geo-strategic Bay of Bengal with an economy of US$470 billion, increasingly getting…
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Confronting the Global Water Crisis
Water-related challenges – whether there is too much or too little, or whether it is dirty and unsafe – are already fueling chronic food and health…
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Don’t Trust The News Media? That’s Good
Everyone seems to hate what they call “the media.” Attacking journalism – even accurate and verified reporting – provides a quick lift for politicians. It’s not…
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Looking Beyond the Pandemic: The Critical Challenges We Still Need to Tackle
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation officially designated the novel coronavirus as a pandemic. Two days later, then-US President Donald Trump declared a national…
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Why is US ambassador Haas so active?
DIPLOMATIC ties between Bangladesh and the United States have undergone a dramatic transformation over the past few years. There have been high-level diplomatic sanctions, a flurry…
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Pakistan in the Indo-Pacific Framework?
Despite its strategic location as a primary littoral state in the Indian Ocean Region, Pakistan has largely eluded discussions on the Indo-Pacific. While the Biden administration’s…