Situation update
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China’s Stake in Bangladesh Is Overplayed
The China-India conflict has inspired more paternalism against Bangladesh’s rapidly developing economy. Bangladesh’s relationship with China is in the headlines again. As China-India relations deteriorated following…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 13, August , 2020
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The explosion
It is time for foreign and regional powers that have long been meddling in Lebanon’s polity and beyond to cease Lebanon and its capital Beirut, overlooking…
Analysis
The Amazing Disappearing Election
Donald Trump and the coronavirus are all-consuming topics. What will happen to the rest of the world’s issues? Over The Past Six Months, it has seemed…
Analysis
Two-thirds majority and responsibility
It was widely believed that under a proportional representation system, it was difficult, if not impossible, to get a simple majority. A 2/3rd majority under the…
Analysis
Young People’s Mental Health Deteriorated The Most during the Pandemic, Study Finds
Public health responses to the pandemic have focused on preventing the spread of the virus, limiting the number of deaths and easing the burden on healthcare…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 12, August , 2020
Analysis
Will Kashmir turn into ‘heaven on earth’ again?
The state was also exempted from all the laws of the land, unless specifically adopted by its own Legislative Assembly Upon setting foot in Kashmir in…
Analysis
Right candidate, right time
In what’s likely to be a punishing campaign, Kamala Harris ticks all the boxes Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s pick of Kamala Harris as his running…
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Lebanon Needs Transformation, Not Another Corrupt Unity Government
If the United States lets France take the lead, the Lebanese people will get more political paralysis, cosmetic reforms, and Hezbollah control of state institutions. The…
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State of democracy in Africa: changing leaders doesn’t change politics
For the last few years the African political landscape has been dominated by high profile changes of leaders and governments. In Angola (2017), Ethiopia (2018), South…