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From Climate Justice to Climate Liability
The recent COP27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh was a disappointment on many counts. But by securing the developed world's acknowledgement that it bears some responsibility…
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The Tough Security Outlook for The Indo-Pacific
Here’s the ‘darkening’ security outlook for the Indo-Pacific for 2023. The US worries, ‘Will China let us have peace?’ Japan finds itself at the security crossroads…
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How Much Should Inequality be Reduced?
Most people agree that inequality is too extreme and needs to be reduced. More than a decade after Occupy Wall Street, inequality remains a major political…
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2023: A World of Uncertainty
THE world is in strategic flux and in the midst of an intensely unsettled period. Looking ahead at key geopolitical trends and challenges in 2023, their…
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Constant Screening for Enemies Within Undermines Indians as Citizens
The spectre of terrorism and national security is being frequently raised to disenfranchise certain people. I had not thought about my citizenship until December 12, 2019,…
Analysis
In Defense of Sri Lanka’s Defense Budget
Reducing allocation for defense will require retrenching soldiers. Cutting loose angry youth with weapons skills is not what the crisis-ridden island needs now. Defense spending is…
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China, The US, and South Asia’s Connectivity Gap
South Asia is considered as the least integrated and internally interconnected area in the world. Moreover, it is a divided realm when it comes to contemporary,…
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China’s Proposed Super Hydropower Dam on Brahmaputra River is a Mega Concern for India
In November 2020, China’s state-owned media shared plans to build a huge 60-gigawatt “super hydropower dam” on a section of the Brahmaputra River (Yarlung Tsangpo river)…
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Biden’s Strategic Reviews: Implications for Global Security
The renewed focus on nuclear weapons amid the contest with China raises the risk of nuclear use – and reduces the likelihood of arms control talks.…
Analysis
People Had Been in Search for Peace and Tranquility Since Independence but Never Found Them
Foreign arms producers benefitted from Sri Lanka’s 30-year war making us now to beg their governments for food and fuel! The war launched in 1979 to…
Analysis
What Next for Ukraine’s Formerly Pro-Russian Regions?
No matter how the war in Ukraine ends, it’s very difficult to imagine the reemergence of pro-Russian political parties there, leaving a political void in the…
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We are Failing the World and The Poorest are Paying The Highest Price
It is once again the time of the year when the world settles into a familiar pattern of considering auguries for the future as we ruminate…