Commentary & opinion
Commentary on governance, democracy, security and Bangladesh’s place in the world — first published by CGS, or republished from other outlets and clearly labelled.
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Given the lack of regulation and responsibility shown by platforms over the past few years, it’s fair to say the writing was on the wall. After…
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I call it a coup attempt because, though I assume that it will not prevent the Biden presidency, it certainly intended to On Wednesday, a coup…
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The jarring bedlam the world witnessed yesterday is only the beginning. America has plunged off the precipice. The Bastille-like storming of the US Capitol by a…
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The entire insurrection was the president’s show, from beginning to end, and he’s responsible for the chaos it unleashed. Donald Trump got what he wanted. He…
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Ultimate aim of the post-truth Inquisition of whistle blower Julian Assange is his termination inside America's gulag penal system Synchronicity is definitely fond of mirror wonder-walls.…
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The coronavirus has crippled the world economy. Global GDP suffered its sharpest drop since the end of the second world war in 2020, millions were unemployed…
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Liberal intellectuals in China are not a monolithic group. While the elites within the community once served to moderate divergent views, disagreements laid bare by the…
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The hotspots risk affecting regional if not global security architecture The year 2020 was probably the most dreadful year for the world since the end of…
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Brexit was the first great battle in a far broader struggle for real people power. ‘The war is over.’ Those were Nigel Farage’s words when it…
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Recent research has revealed a number of expressions that have entered everyday use since Brexit started. Terms like “Article 50”, “no deal”, “hard border” may now…
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The first crisis came with the imposition of internal Emergency on the 25th of June 1975 As India heads into the third decade of the twenty…
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IF 2020 was a politically weird year, 2021 possibly will be even stranger. Without a strong party dominating Malaysian politics, there is a possibility that the…
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Democratic regime is organised within the permanent institutions of the state as they provide hard shell to avert effects of what Hedley Bull calls the ‘anarchic…
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The prime minister has arrived at a familiar crossroad when a ‘strong’ leader begins finding democracy a somewhat tiresome, cumbersome millstone. Undoubtedly, the prime minister’s admirers…
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Scientific evidence can be difficult to understand. Normally we can rely on experts to interpret it for us, or the media to accurately report any interesting…
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It’s easy to assume that the question has been settled for a generation. Remember that Brexit once looked impossible, too Have I mentioned the man in…
