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Time for Japan to Stop Funding Coal Power in Bangladesh

Shibayan Raha and Sharif Jamil Published 27 November 2021

Japanese investment in Bangladesh should take the form of scaling up its renewable-energy transition Non-governmental organizations have filed a formal complaint against the Japan International Cooperation…

Analysis

COP26 Was A Flop But There is Still Hope

C J Polychroniou Published 27 November 2021

Only revolutionary activism can help save civilisation from a climate catastrophe. The outcome of international climate summits has barely changed during the last few decades. The…

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How Domestic Violence is a Threat to Economic Development

Rasmane Ouedraogo and David Stenzel Published 27 November 2021

Stopping violence against women is not only a moral imperative, new evidence shows that it can help the economy. It’s being called the “shadow pandemic”—an increase…

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Is Pakistan Heading Down The Same Path As Afghanistan?

Mohammed Ayoob Published 27 November 2021

Recent events in Afghanistan and their fallout in Pakistan clearly demonstrate that the problems plaguing the two countries can’t be separated. That the trajectories of the…

Analysis

Afghan Insurgents Are a Dead End

Kai Thaler Published 27 November 2021

Rebuilding U.S. standing requires an end to backing militants abroad. Following the United States’ withdrawal of ground forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s renewed control, members…

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Are Germany’s Capitalists Cool Now?

Peter Kuras Published 27 November 2021

The pro-business Free Democratic Party is about to wield power in Berlin, thanks to the country’s youngest voters—but doesn’t yet know what it wants. “Things are…

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Power and Corruption

Rafia Zakaria Published 25 November 2021

“POWER tends to corrupt”, the saying goes “and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Such words are easy to toss around in Pakistan, whose citizens have seen the…