Analysis
The Challenges of Counting Covid Deaths
An accurate count of mortality during pandemic is possible if a database is created on the basis of demographic principles and sound information, rather than epidemiological…
Analysis
US-Russia Summit: Ignoring Climate Change was A Missed Opportunity For Real Cooperation
When Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin met in Geneva in June, many expected the new US president to restart a serious dialogue with Moscow and end…
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What the Protests in Cuba Mean for the Future of Communism and U.S. Relations
COVID-19 has created an economic crisis in Cuba. In recent days, thousands of angry people have taken to the streets in cities across the island to…
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MIilitary Spending in The Post-Pandemic Era
Governments across the world adopted stimulus packages in 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic, with those in advanced economies outstripping those in the rest of the…
Analysis
Biden Is Back, But America Isn’t
China's leaders clearly understand the critical importance of trade linkages to their country's global clout. Unfortunately, US President Joe Biden's administration needs to relearn that lesson.…
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Targeted Ads Isolate and Divide Us Even When They’re Not Political – New Research
Five years since the Brexit vote and three since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we’re now familiar with the role that targeted political advertising can play in…
Analysis
Vulnerable Countries Take The Lead in Tackling Climate Change
The second main new investment will be in offshore wind energy in the Bay of Bengal using the latest technologies of powerful wind turbines that can…
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America Has a Moral Responsibility to Refugees Fleeing Afghanistan
Joe Biden was a freshman senator as the Vietnam War drew to a close. At that moment, the Ford administration was grappling with two critical questions.…
Analysis
Coronavirus, Poverty, Pakistan: India is Under Siege, But Not Ready for War With China
India is besieged by Covid-19, growing poverty, cratering GDP growth and tensions on its borders with both China and Pakistan Its controversial embrace of the Quad…
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Does China Know Something The Rest of The World Doesn’t?
Why did China announce a cut to its banks’ reserve requirements last week? What do they know that the rest of the world doesn’t? The government…
Analysis
What COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Mitigating Climate Change
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, climate change—a crisis that can cause even greater destruction—looms. All crises teach us lessons, but the pandemic…
Analysis
Are COVID-19 Vaccine Passports Fair?
At the age of 18 I very excitedly packed my bags and headed off for what turned into two years working on a charity hospital ship…