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In Africa’s debt fog, China loses too
Zambia has been careening toward a debt debacle for months, even years. Now it has become the first African nation to default on sovereign payments since…
Analysis
Joe Biden’s world order
In less than four years, outgoing US President Donald Trump has achieved what, historically, only devastating wars had done: recasting the global order. With his isolationism,…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 19 November, 2020
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Moscow’s New Rules
Simultaneous crises in Belarus, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Kyrgyzstan have demonstrated Russia’s maturing approach to its neighborhood. Russia is learning to mind its limitations; to repel residual nostalgia;…
Analysis
Indian liberals have no strategy to counter RSS’ own brand of ‘Hindutva constitutionalism’
Indian liberals haven’t yet realised the political effectiveness of Hindutva constitutionalism. They treat the Constitution as the final, self-evident political text. To counter the rising Hindutva…
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India gets ready for shifts in US-China relations under Biden
Much in the manner that a poor and a turbulent China became a critical element in the US-Soviet competition during the 1970s, even a weak India…
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Now is the time to put women at the heart of world’s economy
We are just days away from the G20 Leaders’ Summit, the first to take place in the throes of a global pandemic. Fully cognizant of the…
Analysis
President-Elect Biden: Time for YOU to Follow the Climate Science
Big corporate media outlets are great at policing progressive Democrats who "go too far." They're not so watchful over Democratic presidents who cling to a go-slow,…
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The many identities of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris amount to this: A proud American
Instead of boastful hate tweets, the vice president-elect's victory speech showed gratitude and respect for the achievements of all American women. Kamala Harris is “Black” and…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 18 November, 2020
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For the West, There Is No Road Back to a Time Before Trump
Europeans are relieved by Biden’s victory but will be very disappointed if they don’t heed the lessons of the past four years. We can all breathe…
Analysis
Biden must ditch Trump’s nationalism
Otherwise, the 'new CEO of the US' must expect Asia’s economic supremacy Joe Biden might have won the keys to the White House, but unless he…