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Afghanistan Under the Taliban: What Should We Expect?
Afghanistan is now under the reins of the Taliban. No, they have not come to power through the ballot box, rather they have accomplished it by…
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A Tale of Two Pakistans
Recent UNDP publication reveals that it is the best of times for privileged few and the worst for the underprivileged Charles Dickens’s epic novel A Tale…
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What Happens to India’s ‘Plurilateralism’ after Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan
In his recent book titled The Indian Way (Harper Collins, 2020), Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, wrote: “It is time for us to engage America, manage China,…
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What will China do in Afghanistan?
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has made comforting noises about China’s respect for the Taliban, but he’s also sent clear signals about what Beijing wants from…
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COVID Vaccines and Blood Clots: What Researchers Know So Far
Scientists are trying to understand why a small number of people develop a mysterious clotting disorder after receiving a COVID jab. It was when the second…
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Climate Impact is in Fact A Water Story
Water is critical for sustaining all aspects of life. Water is at the center of our need to better understand and address the impacts of climate…
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A Rohingya Refugee’s Search for Safety, Freedom and Justice
August 25 is observed by Rohingya as 'Genocide Remembrance Day,' but theirs is not just the story of a single day in 2017 Kabir, a Rohingya…
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What the Taliban May be Getting Wrong About Islamic Governance
There is no single and absolute reading of Islamic law that can guide an Islamic state. It is all open to debate. The Taliban has been…
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Resilience in A Riskier World
As the Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated, most countries are still ill-prepared for multiple overlapping crises Over the past two decades, the Asia-Pacific region has made remarkable…
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We Must Focus on Building Rohingya and Host Community Resilience
Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid distributed by local organisations at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Danish…
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How will Delta Evolve? Here’s What the Theory Tells Us
The COVID-19 pandemic is a dramatic demonstration of evolution in action. Evolutionary theory explains much of what has already happened, predicts what will happen in the…