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Why All Countries Should Contribute to Ending Global Poverty
In 1969, richer countries agreed to commit 0.7% of their gross national income to international development aid. The world has changed since then, and a new…
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Netanyahu wants blood
Today, I have the moral right to express these difficult words: Netanyahu wants blood. The real blood of citizens and of police officers. Violence doesn’t start…
Analysis
The global risk of the US election
Unlike in Jules Verne’s Around the world in 80 days, the modern world’s journey over the next 80 days will be more of a slog than…
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Belarus protesters hope a new chapter is beginning – but how will it end? This is the story so far
Under the law, each polling station is supposed to announce the result of their individual district to voters as soon as votes are counted, and a…
Analysis
A year after Assam’s NRC released, citizenship of two million people remains under a cloud
They are yet to receive rejection orders explaining why they were left out of the register. It has been a year since Assam published its updated…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 29 August , 2020
Analysis
How worried should we be about the coronavirus resurgence in Europe?
Coronavirus is back in large numbers across Europe. Since governments began to lift lockdowns at the start of the European summer, positive cases of COVID-19 have…
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Navigating geopolitical uncertainty in a post-Abe world
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s abrupt resignation comes at a period of extreme geopolitical uncertainty in the region and globally. In Northeast Asia, we have an expansionist…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 28 August 2020
Analysis
Rohingya refugees becoming Palestinians of Asia
Three years after Myanmar drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya into Bangladesh they are no closer to repatriation Three years after images of hundreds of thousands…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 27 August 2020
Analysis
Five techniques we’re using to uncover the secrets of viruses
Viruses are often termed “the invisible enemy”. They aren’t visible with the naked eye, or even by using a standard optical microscope. So how do we…