Analysis
Keep Borders Open
One of the best ways for advanced economies to help poorer countries is to discourage restrictions on trade and immigration and encourage capital flows to countries…
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COVID-19 and Future of Cyber Conflict
Smaller states must prepare for a more contested cyberspace environment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Muhammad Faizal bin Abdul Rahman In June 2020, Australian…
Analysis
There is no question of Nepal choosing a side
The resurgence of China and India brings great opportunities and new dynamics in our relations with them. Shekhar Koirala Nepal-India, Nepal-China and India-China relations are basically…
Analysis
Black, Asian and other minority groups are more likely to have lost their jobs in lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic and the global rise of anti-racism movements, such as Black Lives Matter, are the most prominent events to define our lives in 2020.…
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Finance and politics: New insights
Thorsten Beck, Orkun Saka, Paolo Volpin A rapidly expanding literature has shown the importance of political economy factors for legislative and regulatory actions in the financial…
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‘I Never Became Bitter or Hostile’: How John Lewis Fought Until the End
His death marks the loss of a revered civil rights icon, and the acknowledged conscience of Congress for more than 30 years. Eleanor Clift Throughout his…
Webinar
COVID-19 & New Border Order
The Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) is a non-profit independent think-tank. The Centre is established to address the challenges for Bangladesh in coping with the rapidly…
Analysis
The twin viruses of Bangladesh: Corona and corruption
To stop this other epidemic, bureaucracy and law enforcement must be depoliticized No one can envy the plight of Bangladesh, which is battling two viruses at…
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A new cold war is in the making
The main antagonists on one side are the US, India, Japan, probably Australia, and the countries in south-east Asia, and on the other China, Pakistan, perhaps…
Situation update
Situation Update on COVID-19, 19 July 2020
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Rebooting economy through public money to public
THE slowdown in the economy induced by the surge of the COVID-19 outbreak has undoubtedly been heavily incident on the relatively poorer population that has barely…
Analysis
How Donald Trump will try to scapegoat George Soros to win re-election
Neil McLaughlin and Iga Mergler When future scholars write the history of the administration of Donald Trump, he may end up being called — among many…