Analysis
Bangladesh’s snub another blow for India
The BJP's failure to learn from past mistakes is damaging its prestige and influence in its South Asian neighborhood Bhim Bhurtel One of India’s most read…
Analysis
PM Modi should know India needs to be a strong country, not just have a strong government
Modi may be too smart to fall for his own propaganda, but the positive change narrative has become untenable. For its own sake, the govt should…
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Economics and the culture war
Economics’ detachment from culture can be regarded as a serious shortcoming in understanding human behaviour. Robert Skidelsky I have long criticised economics for its lack of…
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Europe Rescues Itself
Once again, the European Union has shown that it is capable of rising to the occasion and coming to the assistance of Europeans in a time…
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Why recovery will be delayed
One of the reasons is that what had been a gradual decline in poverty since 1992 is about to take off in an upward direction Rashed…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 26 July, 2020
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 25 July 2020
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 24 July 2020
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 23 July 2020
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Hong Kong’s Ethnic Minorities Confront New National Security Law
‘Uncertainty and a sense of the unknown’ Jay Ganglani Ethnic minorities in Hong Kong who often confront language and cultural barriers now face new challenges in…
Analysis
The COVID-19 Gender Gap
Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Cheng Hoon Lim and Marina M. Tavares The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women’s economic opportunities, widening gender gaps…
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A question of governance
WHILE the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage across the world, the faltering response of many governments has sparked a lively global debate about why some countries…