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What to Do About Gaza
Gaza has long been one of those geopolitical problems that everyone wishes would just disappear. Israel, certainly, would prefer to seal off the Palestinian enclave—both from…
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The Power Over Truth
What Rozina Islam’s arrest reveals about our society The arrest of the journalist Rozina Islam has brought a pressing issue at the surface. Many of her…
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How Singapore Can Manage the Pandemic Better
The government should be more aggressive in getting people vaccinated, and tighten measures at Changi Airport Children walk home with their guardians after school in Singapore…
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Many Questions, Few Answers, As Conflict Deepens Between Israelis and Palestinians
What’s next in the latest Middle East convulsion? Will a ceasefire between the Hamas militant group in Gaza and Israel be brokered by Arab mediators in…
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Jerusalem, the Unfolding Tragedy
For Netanyahu, Jerusalem and Gaza are the gift that keeps on giving. Israel is a colonial war machine that never sleeps. Its mounting provocations in Jerusalem…
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Would You Pay A Cyber Ransom?
A few days ago, cyber criminals hacked into one of the largest oil pipelines in the US, which halted operations after its corporate IT network was…
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Alarming State of Press Freedom in Pakistan
Violence against journalists may translate into overall deterioration of human rights, research shows On the same day as I received mail from Reporters Without Borders (aka…
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Climate Change Politics Lack Economic Rationale
The coronavirus pandemic is a setback for the environmental movement as it shows how governments can disrupting economic activity but fail to manage major economic transitions.…
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The State of the Union: What These Elections Mean for the Future of the UK
The territorial integrity of the UK remains in question following elections across England, Scotland and Wales. In each nation or region there is a continuing debate…
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Can Quad Survive?
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, an informal strategic alliance between India, the United States, Japan and Australia, has gained a fresh lease of life after its revival…
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India: Election Loss in West Bengal May be Start of a Backlash Against Modi’s Handling of COVID Crisis
In what is widely being interpreted as a popular verdict on Narendra Modi’s handling of the COVID crisis in India, voters in West Bengal have returned…
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Israel is Trying Hard to Erase Jerusalem’s Palestinians
And it has made colonial violence a permanent feature of Palestinian lives in the holy city. For us Jerusalemites, it is frankly nauseating to hear commentators…
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India’s Covid 19 Catastrophe: The Cost of Complacency
"Last year, in February-March, a lot of experts had said that India will be the worst-affected country, there will be tsunami of cases. They predicted two…
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COVID in India: The Deep-Rooted Issues Behind the Current Crisis
India finds itself in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Until March 2021, case numbers were low in most parts of the country, leading many to…
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Bargaining With China Today to Save the World Tomorrow
As climate czar, John Kerry has been tasked with a moral balancing act that few leaders have ever faced. As tough jobs go, few are tougher…
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Obsession With Infrastructure
AT the inauguration of the first motorway in Pakistan, the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif proclaimed a dazzling future, with industrial cities that would sprout all…