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How Brexit changed the English language
Recent research has revealed a number of expressions that have entered everyday use since Brexit started. Terms like “Article 50”, “no deal”, “hard border” may now…
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Is institutional collapse this decade’s new story?
The first crisis came with the imposition of internal Emergency on the 25th of June 1975 As India heads into the third decade of the twenty…
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Stranger times ahead
IF 2020 was a politically weird year, 2021 possibly will be even stranger. Without a strong party dominating Malaysian politics, there is a possibility that the…
Analysis
Why China Is Upset At NCP Split
With Nepal plunging into a new round of political crisis, it is back on the geopolitical radar. The sudden dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR)…
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Detailed Area Plan 2016-2035 for Dhaka Metropolitan Region
The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) is a huge document with a massive amount of data regarding the future of Dhaka City. RAJUK initiated the planning work…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 03 January , 2021
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Reckoning Stability of Regime
Democratic regime is organised within the permanent institutions of the state as they provide hard shell to avert effects of what Hedley Bull calls the ‘anarchic…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 02 January 2021
Analysis
Biden needs a failed states strategy
Much has been made of President-elect Biden’s plan to hold a “Summit of Democracy” early in his presidency to renew America’s commitment to spreading democracy abroad…
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Is Narendra Modi’s Demagoguery Finally Losing Its Bite?
The prime minister has arrived at a familiar crossroad when a ‘strong’ leader begins finding democracy a somewhat tiresome, cumbersome millstone. Undoubtedly, the prime minister’s admirers…
Analysis
Kashmir’s future
HISTORY has placed an enormous burden on the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and its leaders; especially on its president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, leader of…
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Confused about COVID? Here’s how to read a research paper
Scientific evidence can be difficult to understand. Normally we can rely on experts to interpret it for us, or the media to accurately report any interesting…