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Critical Race Theory? No, Critical Race Fact
Critical Race Theory researchers have gathered enough evidence by now that the dynamics they explore are a hard reality. The past three years in the US…
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Iran’s Protests Are Nowhere Near Revolutionary
Many say the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement will threaten the regime this year. They’re wrong. Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests—both the direct disruptions they have imposed…
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What in The World will Happen in 2023?
The American baseball player Lawrence ‘Yogi’ Berra is widely quoted as observing, ‘It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.’ Whether or not he actually…
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Ukraine’s Consequences Are Finally Spreading to Syria
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reverberating more than 1,000 miles away in Syria. Squeezed by its strategic blunder, Moscow’s shrinking strategic bandwidth and its diminished capacities…
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Our Metamorphosis to Kakistocracy
To make matters worse, we now have a newly formed Parliament with no opposition. Ask any student of government and politics and they will tell you…
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Russia Faces Three Pivotal Moments in 2023
In 2023, Russia faces three crucial issues—President Vladimir Putin’s plans for his future, the battle between the hawks and pragmatists in the elite, and looming government…
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Big Money is Choking India’s Free Press — and Its Democracy
The recent resignation of anchor and Modi critic Ravish Kumar underlines how monopolisation is threatening Indian media. New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) — the country’s oldest…
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Global Action is Needed to Topple Myanmar’s Criminal Junta Boss
From brutal murders and military parades to jailed opponents, Min Aung Hlaing is true to the tyrant’s playbook. The worldwide fight for democracy has to be…
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How 2022 Became a Disastrous Year for Autocrats
This year saw major geopolitical shifts throughout the world. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic, we witnessed how fragile many global economies truly were, along…
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India-US Ties: It’s Like Riding A Roller Coaster
Foreign correspondents have always been a window to the world. Even in these times of global electronic and social media connectivity, with instant parading of fact…
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With China’s Help, Nepal Chips Away at Its India-lockedness
They have begun a feasibility study to build a railway line linking Kathmandu with Kerung in the Tibet Autonomous Region. On December 27, a team of…
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Infrastructure Diplomacy in The Context of South Asia and Bangladesh
The greatest bottleneck for a civilisation's development in the modern world is its infrastructure. As populations increase, people's needs and demands increase, the opportunity for industry…
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Japan Eyes Global Military Power Status
Japan has quickly restructured its defense architecture and procedures in line with current great powers like the US Realist international relations scholars predicted that after the…
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A Year of Global Displacement
This year’s record-breaking global displacement crisis calls for immigration policies that reflect our humanity, not cruelty. This year had the unwelcome distinction of being the first…
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Waiting for The Dawn After World Faced A Difficult Year
It’s said that the hour before dawn is the darkest. That consolation sustained Indians as not even the glory of the G-20 presidency prevented speculation about…
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Bangladesh Faces Balance of Payments Vulnerabilities
The public policy discourse in Bangladesh is focused on short-term solutions Bangladesh’s trade trajectories are frequently praised because of the phenomenal growth in export profits from…