Analysis
COVID is Creating a Global Child Care Crisis
During the height of India's second wave of COVID-19, the air in New Delhi had become so thick with crematoria smoke, it's as if the city…
Analysis
Climate Change Impacts in Asia are Essentially A Water Story
Water is critical for sustaining all aspects of life and it is at the center of our need to better understand and address the impacts of…
Analysis
Government Budgeting and Expenditure Management: Principles and International Practice
by Salvatore Schiavo-Campo New York: Routledge, 2017. This tour de force romps through the international diversity of budgeting practices from revenue raising: "Taxes are the price…
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Split-Screen Recovery from Pandemic Isn’t Sustainable
In a country and a world connected by commerce and the air we breathe, it is hard to see how any COVID-19 recovery that is confined…
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Pegasus Scandal Shows We Cannot Take Privacy for Granted
As a citizenry, we are at a tipping point, witnessing the slow erosion of democracy: If they are targeting those with power, what of ‘us’ with…
Analysis
South Asia: Staying the Course
In advancing along the course set in South Asia by his recent predecessors but bringing greater competence and purpose, U.S. President Joe Biden is accelerating geopolitical…
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The Future of Water in South and Southeast Asia: A Geopolitical Analysis
The transformation of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from a regional actor with relatively insignificant power and influence to a global superpower is an astronomical…
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Transiting Through Time of Troubles
Half a century is not an inconsiderable span of time in the life of a post-colonial successor state. Bangladesh, at 50, has risen like a phoenix,…
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Race to The Bottom Must End
The owner of Hashem Foods factory remarked that they were not the ones who set the fire that took 52 lives, including children and adolescents. While…
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Is Pakistan Serious About Peace Talks in Balochistan?
Past initiatives have given Balochs plenty of reason for skepticism. In a recent visit to Gwadar, with the aim to portray a positive image of the…
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Digital Deal Should Encourage A Globalist Approach
Expanding the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement could boost the global economy and increase employment The talks under way in the US regarding a potential digital trade…
Analysis
The Anatomy Of Authoritarianism
In any society less mobilised, modernised and democratised by political parties, civil society and cultural industries, the unflinching social foundation of caste, class and gender pyramid…