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How to reduce the spread of fake news – by doing nothing
When we come across false information on social media, it is only natural to feel the need to call it out or argue with it. But…
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How Bangladesh Is Benefiting From the China-India Rivalry
Bangladesh has turned its neighbors’ rivalry into billions of dollars in investment and military equipment. Conventional wisdom says great power rivalry makes smaller neighbors vulnerable. As…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 20 December , 2020
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Modi is popular, BJP keeps winning, but India’s indicators & global rankings are alarming
Govt’s own NFHS, as well as many global non-Left institutions’ rankings have shown a drop in India’s development indicators. This will begin to hurt soon. As…
Analysis
The endgame in Afghanistan is near
The fact of the matter is that the Afghan government’s survival depends on US financial and military support Prospects for the resumption of the Afghan peace…
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Millions of Americans face eviction amid COVID-19: ‘I have no idea what to do.’
Emerging COVID-19 relief package must include accessible emergency rental assistance and a uniform, enforceable eviction ban. Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, single mother Alora Manny was…
Analysis
How Fragile Is Our Democracy?
America survived the Trump era including its farcical last gasp. But, as two legal scholars explain, preserving freedom is complex. Four days before Donald Trump won…
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Democracy: The journey that has taken a wrong turn
If one must identify the fundamental premise of the founding of independent Bangladesh, it is democracy—we can claim that democracy was the raison d'etre for establishing…
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Climate catastrophe
CLIMATE change can push the world over the cliff if urgent action is not taken. As a threat multiplier, it can lead to poverty, insecurity and…
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Ten years on, hopes of ‘Arab Spring’ snuffed out
Instead of region-wide democracy, what have bloomed are arms deals, conflict, and authoritarian regimes Ten years ago, a hawker in Tunisia set himself on fire, which…
Analysis
Has India Descended Into a Constitutional Theocracy?
With the passing of the CAA, that peg on which we hung our imperfect-but-thriving secular democracy was removed – and we officially adopted religion as an…
Analysis
The US is rejoining the Paris Climate Accord. What comes next?
While the US played a major role drafting the Paris Climate Accord, a 2015 global treaty aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change, it was…