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Making The Digital Money Revolution Work for All
History moves in uneven steps. Just as the telegraph erased time and distance in the 19th century, today’s innovations in digital money may bring significant changes…
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The power of civil society in a post-pandemic world
On 25 May 2020, a 17-year-old girl filmed a disturbing video, which later went viral, of a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, kneeling on the…
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70 Years Ago, the World Made a Pact to Protect Refugees. Too Many of Our Leaders Are Failing to Uphold That Promise
How the world treats refugees is a litmus test of our common humanity. I say that as a refugee myself, having experienced the trauma and wrenching…
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Myanmar’s Coup Leader Shows His Genocidal Intent
U Nyan Win would be alive today had he not been arrested on Feb. 1, the day of the coup, and thrown into Insein Prison. Technically,…
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China 101
Regardless of whether it is in democracies or otherwise, decisions on foreign policies including those that concern wars against other countries are almost always made exclusively…
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Split-Screen Recovery from Pandemic Isn’t Sustainable
In a country and a world connected by commerce and the air we breathe, it is hard to see how any COVID-19 recovery that is confined…
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Pegasus Scandal Shows We Cannot Take Privacy for Granted
As a citizenry, we are at a tipping point, witnessing the slow erosion of democracy: If they are targeting those with power, what of ‘us’ with…
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Transiting Through Time of Troubles
Half a century is not an inconsiderable span of time in the life of a post-colonial successor state. Bangladesh, at 50, has risen like a phoenix,…
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Race to The Bottom Must End
The owner of Hashem Foods factory remarked that they were not the ones who set the fire that took 52 lives, including children and adolescents. While…
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Is Pakistan Serious About Peace Talks in Balochistan?
Past initiatives have given Balochs plenty of reason for skepticism. In a recent visit to Gwadar, with the aim to portray a positive image of the…
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Digital Deal Should Encourage A Globalist Approach
Expanding the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement could boost the global economy and increase employment The talks under way in the US regarding a potential digital trade…
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What the Protests in Cuba Mean for the Future of Communism and U.S. Relations
COVID-19 has created an economic crisis in Cuba. In recent days, thousands of angry people have taken to the streets in cities across the island to…
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MIilitary Spending in The Post-Pandemic Era
Governments across the world adopted stimulus packages in 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic, with those in advanced economies outstripping those in the rest of the…
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Targeted Ads Isolate and Divide Us Even When They’re Not Political – New Research
Five years since the Brexit vote and three since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we’re now familiar with the role that targeted political advertising can play in…
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America Has a Moral Responsibility to Refugees Fleeing Afghanistan
Joe Biden was a freshman senator as the Vietnam War drew to a close. At that moment, the Ford administration was grappling with two critical questions.…
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Does China Know Something The Rest of The World Doesn’t?
Why did China announce a cut to its banks’ reserve requirements last week? What do they know that the rest of the world doesn’t? The government…