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You May Miss Merkel More Than You Think
The lame-duck German chancellor has become a problem for the world. The frontrunner to take over will probably be even worse. Noah Barkin “Angela Merkel should…
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Modi’s canceled Bangladesh visit is an opportunity
Bangladesh’s decision to cancel the public celebration event of ‘the Mujib centennial’ due to public health concerns after the detection of three cases of coronavirus in…
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Reschedule of ‘Bay of Bengal Conversation’
Centre for Governance Studies deeply regret to inform all concerns that due to COVID-19 massive outbreak the Centre had to reschedule the dates of its annual…
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Erdogan and Putin huffed and puffed, then agreed not to disagree
The whole world waited for the meeting of Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin, and hoped for positive results, especially after the start of Operation…
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Virus could cost a quarter of income in 1-2 years
Without more confidence in containment measures, recession-conscious markets likely to remain weak Matt Aizawa Two uncertainties are rocking financial markets around the world. How long will…
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Europe’s ‘final solution’ for the refugee crisis: ignore it
The mainstream newspapers are worrying that Europe would be unable to cope with the influx of another million refugees, like that of 2015. However, no one…
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How the world, especially India, should read JeM’s celebration of US-Taliban peace deal
An article in Jaish-e-Mohammed journal ‘Medina Medina’ gives a sense of how the organisation is trying to survive. But its two crucial takeaways are in Indian…
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The big danger of coronavirus is that we panic ourselves into a greater crisis
Growing up, I never heard the phrase Keep Calm and Carry On. The wartime poster on which it was emblazoned did not feature in any of…
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India’s Quest to Marginalize Its Muslims
Critics fear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is turning the world’s largest democracy into a Hindu nationalist state. India’s 200 million Muslims no longer feel safe.…
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High Expectations During Vietnam’s Chairmanship Of The ASEAN
Vietnam assumed ‘2020 Chairmanship of the ASEAN’ in November 2019 from Thailand in accordance with Article 31 of the ASEAN Charter under which the Chairmanship rotates…
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Delhi riots: How India has failed its riot victims?
No politician, from those in power to Opposition leaders, has reached out to the victims of the riot. Barkha Dutt After a week of reporting every…
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“Uncertainty Is the New Normal”
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, says that it is too early to say just how severely the coronavirus will affect the global economy. And…