Analysis
Just Accept It: The Supreme Court Has Always Been Political
In the wake of President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, pundits of all ideological stripes lament that the fight over the…
Analysis
Climate Crunch Time
In the 50 years since the first Earth Day, the environmental movement has matured and developed highly sophisticated methods for driving change. But, given the unprecedented…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 30 September, 2020
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 29 September, 2020
Analysis
Moment of opportunity
THE initiation of an intra-Afghan dialogue earlier this month represents a moment of hope and opportunity for a negotiated end to the long and bloody war…
Analysis
Donald Trump Barely Pays Any Taxes: Will Anyone Care?
Three enterprising reporters for the New York Times published a bombshell report Sunday evening on Donald Trump’s financial life, making it clear that the President of…
Analysis
A million deaths from coronavirus: seven experts consider key questions
The pandemic has reached a grim milestone: one million people have now died of COVID-19, according to Worldometers. On January 13, we published “Mystery China pneumonia…
Republished
Democracy in Indonesia moving from stagnation to regression
The recently launched book Democracy in Indonesia: From Stagnation to Regression has grabbed the attention of many. If initially after the fall of the New Order…
Republished
Multilateralism vs nationalism in race to provide vaccine
Just over a century ago the Spanish Flu of 1918 took hold of a war-torn Europe, during which time we were powerless to intervene with anything…
Analysis
Stateless Rohingya more isolated than ever
Already in desperate straits, the sprawling Rohingya diaspora has seen the crisis made even worse by the Covid-19 pandemic Along with being a major health risk,…
Analysis
Preparing for the Covid-19 vaccine
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues and it's second wave has already hit several countries, the need and urgency for the much expected vaccine has become critically…
Situation update