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Difficult days await Saudi citizens
Increased unemployment, expanding poverty rates, a growing deficit in the public budget, a significant decline in general revenues, foreign exchange reserves and public reserves, stagnation in…
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Post-Pandemic Geopolitics
Estimating the long-term effect of the current pandemic is not an exact prediction of the future, but an exercise in weighing probabilities and adjusting current policies.…
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Five years of the refugee crisis: did Merkel ‘manage’?
Now that the initial chaos has subsided, some are painting an overly rosy picture. Five years ago, faced with Europe’s refugee crisis, German chancellor Angela Merkel…
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Bangladesh’s Economic ‘Recovery’ in the COVID-19 Era
A PARADOX, A PUZZLE OR MIRAGE? INTRODUCTION Reports in late August and early September suggest that the Bangladeshi economy is making a comeback from the COVID-19…
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A complicated region and its complicated war
When the most recent fighting broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh, many were quick to take sides. Stepping back from emotions, a century of history is woven into…
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Germany faces old problems 30 years after reunification
Three decades on from reunification, Germany is still a divided country in many ways. And the differences between the former East and West Germany are not…
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Revitalizing Democracy Internationally
Democracy is in desperate need of renewed international support. The pandemic adds to the challenge but may provide a window of opportunity. Long before the first…
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How Ecuador’s democracy is being suffocated
Not only was Rafael Correa barred from contesting in the upcoming elections in Ecuador, but now the candidacy of Andrés Arauz is also being threatened A…
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Sheikh Sabah made Kuwait an oasis for reconciliation
On Tuesday, I saw some breaking news on my phone: The TV broadcast in Kuwait had been disrupted to air verses from the Holy Qur’an. News…
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Democracy in Indonesia moving from stagnation to regression
The recently launched book Democracy in Indonesia: From Stagnation to Regression has grabbed the attention of many. If initially after the fall of the New Order…
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Multilateralism vs nationalism in race to provide vaccine
Just over a century ago the Spanish Flu of 1918 took hold of a war-torn Europe, during which time we were powerless to intervene with anything…
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Julian Assange: Press Shows Little Interest in Media ‘Trial of Century’
A successful Assange prosecution could be the legal spark for future anti-journalistic actions. The United States government is asking Britain to send the Australian publisher to…
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The geopolitics of future normalization of Arab-Israeli relations
Questions remains as to whether new peace deals will have a positive effect on future relations between the Arab world and Israel. The historic deal between…
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Returning to Multilateralism
For 75 years, the United Nations has provided an imperfect but unrivaled global forum for advancing peace, prosperity, and human rights, standing as a bulwark against…
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Belarus: slow international response shows limits of world’s human rights regime
After an urgent debate initiated by the European Union, the UN Human Rights Council has condemned human rights violations in Belarus following the country’s disputed election…
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For Thai protestors, even the dying embers of a regime can be dangerous
While the Thai government and monarchy are rocking as demonstrations grow in size and symbolism, protestors only need to look to countries like Ukraine and Belarus…