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Looming Afghan Disaster
AFGHANISTAN is heading towards a full-blown civil war, following the US-led troop pullout and, with Pakistan fearing the inevitable fallout of that slide into chaos, the…
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Who is Your Neighbour? What We are Not Seeing in Pew Study on India
The missing heterogeneity of our neighbourhoods should be viewed as a cultural, emotional and intellectual loss — a kind of social poverty. There’s much to celebrate…
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Rohingya Repatriation Unlikely If It’s ‘Business as Usual’ in Global Politics
If foreign companies continue to do business with the Myanmar junta, the latter will persist with its brutal offensives against Rohingya Muslims. Since the February 1…
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Be Aware of Freedom Populism
As the pandemic slowly comes to an end, a new and deadly form of populism is rising. Madrid regional government leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso waves to…
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Israeli Leaders Should Reject Netanyahu’s Preference for Military Solutions
As Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bows out, some of his ideas that have not only guided Israel’s security policies but also inspired America’s military…
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A Step Forward After Two Steps Back: Twist in J&K
The question of J&K’s statehood remains on the table and none less than Shah gave assurance that statehood would be restored at some point Prime Minister…
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Rohingya Refugees Facing Medical Crisis on Bhasan Char
Partly because of poor planning, the island's meager health care system is being overwhelmed by a diarrhea outbreak More than a quarter of the approximately 18,000…
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Economics Needs a Climate Revolution
With its fixation on equilibrium thinking and an exclusive focus on market factors that can be precisely measured, the neoclassical orthodoxy in economics is fundamentally unequipped…
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We’re Not Ready for Another Pandemic
The next big plague is coming, and despite making progress on pandemic preparedness, the U.S. might still suffer mass casualties. Here’s why. Ominous pathogens seem to…
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Bangladesh’s LDC Graduation and The Challenges Ahead
Graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) group to developing country status is a milestone in our development journey, and it will certainly improve Bangladesh's image…
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How Do We Tackle This New Onslaught of The Coronavirus?
The infection rate and deaths from the coronavirus have been increasing after the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. On June 26 the infection rate was 22.50 percent (with 4,334…
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Beijing Wants A ‘Loyal Opposition’ for Hong Kong – A New Role, or A Trap for the Democratic Party?
Under the new blunderbuss approach, virtually all the democrats’ most popular candidates are in jail, writes Suzanne Pepper. After a crackdown which was decades in the…
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Does Modi’s Meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Parties Signal a Thaw or a Trap?
Beyond the atmospherics, there appears to have been little to welcome. The prime minister stressed the urgency of completing the delimitation exercise and holding elections but…
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First World/Third World and Other Binaries: How We Talk About the World Matters
What underpins all these ways of compartmentalising the world is the assumption that the European and North American models of development are the end-goal for all…
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Enhancing Human Development in Bangladesh: Strategies and Actions
Addressing the human development challenges of Bangladesh—whether lingering, deepening or emerging challenges—require both policy options and institutional reforms. An objective assessment and recognition of problems, strong…
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To End COVID-19 We Need Vaccine Justice for Developing Countries Not Outdated Charity
We will never end the death and destruction of COVID-19 until we get real about vaccine equity. In a month of high-level meetings from the G7…