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The Democrats are Now The War Party
The Democrats position themselves as the party of virtue, cloaking their support for the war industry in moral language stretching back to Korea and Vietnam, when…
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Gauging the Strength of Myanmar’s Armed Resistance
In the months since Myanmar’s February 2021 coup, war is no longer restricted to the mountainous hinterlands and has come to its central plains. New resistance…
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How Can We End The Hunger Pandemic?
We need a new approach that seeks to reinforce, not replace, national and local systems. As 2022 comes to a close, we are facing a food…
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Moscow Shifts Its Focus to The Muslim World
Two weeks ago the Russian state bank Sberbank opened a branch in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, a republic with a Muslim population, following a strategy…
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From Climate Justice to Climate Liability
The recent COP27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh was a disappointment on many counts. But by securing the developed world's acknowledgement that it bears some responsibility…
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The Tough Security Outlook for The Indo-Pacific
Here’s the ‘darkening’ security outlook for the Indo-Pacific for 2023. The US worries, ‘Will China let us have peace?’ Japan finds itself at the security crossroads…
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How Much Should Inequality be Reduced?
Most people agree that inequality is too extreme and needs to be reduced. More than a decade after Occupy Wall Street, inequality remains a major political…
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2023: A World of Uncertainty
THE world is in strategic flux and in the midst of an intensely unsettled period. Looking ahead at key geopolitical trends and challenges in 2023, their…
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China, The US, and South Asia’s Connectivity Gap
South Asia is considered as the least integrated and internally interconnected area in the world. Moreover, it is a divided realm when it comes to contemporary,…
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China’s Proposed Super Hydropower Dam on Brahmaputra River is a Mega Concern for India
In November 2020, China’s state-owned media shared plans to build a huge 60-gigawatt “super hydropower dam” on a section of the Brahmaputra River (Yarlung Tsangpo river)…
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Biden’s Strategic Reviews: Implications for Global Security
The renewed focus on nuclear weapons amid the contest with China raises the risk of nuclear use – and reduces the likelihood of arms control talks.…
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We are Failing the World and The Poorest are Paying The Highest Price
It is once again the time of the year when the world settles into a familiar pattern of considering auguries for the future as we ruminate…
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ইন্দো-প্যাসিফিক স্ট্র্যাটেজি ও বাংলাদেশ
ভৌগোলিক বাস্তবতায় বিশ্বরাজনীতি ও অর্থনীতির মূল কেন্দ্রে পরিণত হতে যাচ্ছে ইন্দো-প্যাসিফিক অঞ্চল। এই অঞ্চলের ভূ-রাজনৈতিক অবস্থান, অপার সমুদ্র অর্থনীতির সম্ভাবনা, বিশাল বাজার ও কৌশলগত অবস্থানের কারণে…
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Time for ‘We The People’ to Face Reality
Many democracies fare poorly in terns of providing what their electorates want and need An op-ed that appeared recently on Asia Times titled “The eight billionth…
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COP27 Climate Summit Missed Chance for Ambition on Fossil Fuels, Critics Say
Fossil fuel producers benefited from sympathetic treatment in Egypt at the COP27 climate talks, government officials said, bringing their influence to bear in rushed final negotiations…
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A New Low for Media Freedom in India
The military-style “search and seize” raid conducted on October 31, 2022 by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police at the offices of The Wire and…