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Charles III Faces Challenges at Home, Abroad – and Even in Defining What It Means to Be King
Charles III became the King of the United Kingdom on Sept 8, having spent almost all of his 73 years preparing for this role, watching the…
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Global Supply and Bangladesh
WHETHER man-made or natural, any global crisis heavily impacts the world’s supply chain management system. Not much time has passed since we experienced one of perhaps…
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Who Actually Won The Vaccine Diplomacy in Bangladesh?
The year was 2021, and the term “Vaccine Diplomacy” suddenly became commonplace in the headlines; in the backdrop, the COVID-19 pandemic was well on its way…
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Backsliding (Elements in Political Economy)
, Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press 2021. 102pp. $12.49 (ebook) This timely work analyzes 16 cases of nations undergoing an…
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Pakistan and The U.S. Have Made Up, But Will It Last?
The worst floods in memory may have occasioned a reset in relations, but Imran Khan could still prove a spoiler. As millions of Pakistanis reel from…
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After 3 Decades, Everything Related to Oslo has Died, Except Security Cooperation
After almost 30 years, the Oslo Accords have brought Palestinians nothing but more destruction, killing, land expropriation, the desecration and Judaisation of holy sites and settlement…
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The Surprising Potential of King Charles’s Reign
Nobody can be certain how the reign of King Charles III will play out, but we can be sure of one thing that won’t happen. Despite…
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Why Reform of The UN Security Council is Elusive
This year’s session of the UN General Assembly in New York is taking place in an intensely unsettled global environment. Rising East-West tensions, US-China confrontation and…
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Viewing India’s Quad Approach from Japan
In May this year, the leaders of the four Quad countries—Japan, India, Australia, and the United States—gathered in Tokyo as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited…
Analysis
Ukraine’s Coming Winter of Decision
Russia’s war against Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin began in 2014 and expanded in February, has taken a dramatic turn following Ukrainian forces’ liberation, in less…
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What Did UK Parliament Look Like After The Queen’s Death?
While parliament has been shut to all external visitors, including the press, I have had the privilege of seeing this monumental moment unfold up close. I’m…
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Sri Lanka’s Left Turn
This year’s protests have revitalized the country’s socialists. But can they capitalize on that momentum electorally? The mass protests in Sri Lanka that led to the…