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The Case of Afghanistan’s Membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organization
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We Cannot End Poverty Without Ending Corruption
How do corruption and poverty impact each other? I remember reading "Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty", a book gifted by a…
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The G7 Countries Need to Step Up on Climate Finance
One of the positive outcomes of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change back in 2015 was a pledge from the rich countries to provide USD 100…
Analysis
Less Corruption, Better Business Campaign 04
There is a boundless acknowledgment inside Bangladesh that corruption is endemic and its foundations lie somewhere down in bureaucratic, business and political establishments. As a citizen,…
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Bangladesh at 50: Navigating Strategic Survival
Bangladesh gained independence 50 years ago. The country emerged from a brutal liberation war against Pakistan — Bangladesh was part of Pakistan from 1947 to 1971…
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Challenges Bangladesh will Face on the Transition from Least Developed Country (LDC)
The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UNCDP)has recommended that Bangladesh upgrade its status from Least Developed Country (LDC) to the upper segment. Bangladesh achieved this…
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ASEAN Ups Its Game in Myanmar Crisis
Criticized for doing too little to restore calm in one of its member states, the bloc reached a 5-point consensus on a way forward The five-point…
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A New Custodian in the Supreme Court: A Hope for India’s Broken Democracy?
Justice Ramana takes over as the chief justice of India at a time when democratic freedoms have been clamped down, indeed the right of habeas corpus…
Analysis
Modi’s COVID Apocalypse
First it was Europe. Then the US. And later Brazil. Right now, India is the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. India is breaking world records…
Analysis
Rich Countries Close Their Eyes to the Global Covid Surge at Their Own Peril
The pandemic’s death toll is now being felt most gravely in developing nations. This virus is not done yet Is there one pandemic, or two? That…
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New Promise on Climate by World Leaders: A Hope in the Horizon
The climate change summit of 40 world leaders, spearheaded by the US President Joe Biden during April 22-23, 2021, amidst the concern for achievability of the…
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Why Academia Needs a Rethink
It is a troubling fact that the quality of analysis in policy studies is becoming tragically sophomoric. Western academia, in fact academia in general, has declined…