Analysis
Americans are sick of many things — including politics
The dog days of summer are receding, and September is nearly upon us. Americans are sick — literally and figuratively. Soon we will have emerged from…
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The causa Navalny proves difficult for Germany, Europe
The poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny last week could not have come at a more difficult juncture. Europe was trying to come to grips…
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Dictator’s Dilemma: Why Lukashenko Is Still Clinging On
Lukashenko faced the classic autocrat’s dilemma: avoid a revolution by making compromises and introducing elements of real democracy, or—regardless of the growing price of hanging on…
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Beijing Said to Fund Separatist India Movement
India complains China pushes guerrilla group seeking independent Assam region China has opened a new front in regional aggressiveness, funding the separatist United Liberation Front of…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 26, August , 2020
Analysis
Myanmar’s election, the Rohingya crisis and the road to democracy
Five years after they voted in their first free and fair elections for quarter of a century, the people of Myanmar will go to the polls…
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Thai Students Set Tone for Democratic Reform
Student demonstrations and street protests rarely bring down governments but they can put in motion public scrutiny and could trigger an avalanche of opposition to regimes…
Analysis
Rohingya crisis 3 years on: no progress, no peace
The conditions in which more than 100,000 children now live are a symptom of our collective failure as an international community Three years ago, more than…
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Three years on: what’s next for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh?
After August 25, 2017, headlines across the world were dominated by the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh. This continued for…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 25, August , 2020
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Socialist or Capitalist—What Is China’s Model, Exactly?
An interesting take not only on China, but the USSR and Europe as well. Near the end of his life Lenin gave a speech that referred…
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The Pandemic Isn’t a Death Knell for Populism
Just because populist leaders haven’t fared well against the coronavirus doesn’t mean their opponents should count them out. In many ways, the coronavirus has been irrefutably…