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A New Lebanon
How the Lebanese uprising is helping a divided nation form a cohesive national identity. BEIRUT — Sharif Abdunnur was six years old when he saw his…
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After Morales Ousted in Coup, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia
The overthrow of the elected leader cannot be understood without a glance at the nation's massive reserves of this crucial mineral. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was…
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India’s foreign policy at crossroads
By following a course of multi-alignment, the Indian government led by Prime Minister NarendraModi has been seeking security as well as economic partnerships with big and…
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China Is Sabotaging Itself in Taiwan
The logic of politics in the Xi Jinping era makes a softer line untenable, even if it’s having the opposite of the desired effect. China has…
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Authoritarianism means instability, so Arab regimes need to be challenged
What is the difference between a democratic society and a dictatorship? In a nutshell, a death in a democracy is a personal tragedy, but in a…
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“He’s No Mr. Nice Guy”: Impeachment Comes for Trump
In the end, a vote in the House of Representatives, on Thursday, to move ahead with public impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump was probably as inevitable…
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Where the Uighurs are free to be
Sweden has emerged as a safe haven for ethnic Uighurs fleeing political, racial and religious repression in China The Stockholm suburb of Rissne would seem an…
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Sorry, Mr. President, the House is giving you far more due process than the Constitution requires
President Trump and his supporters continue to complain that the House of Representatives is denying him due process. But in fact, every part of the inquiry…
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Chile doesn’t need to rebuild, it needs to be restructured
What is happening in Chile is not about 30 pesos, this much is clear. What is happening in Chile is not about 30 pesos, this much…
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Is a strong leader enough to fight corruption? Evidence from India and China
Wu Alfred Muluan | Lina Vyas Just within the first 100 days of the Modi 2.0 government, Former Home and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was arrested…
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Going global: EU MPs visit shows that BJP has now thoroughly internationalised the Kashmir issue
A keystone of Indian foreign policy over the past 50 years has been to deinternationalise Kashmir. Has that been shattered? For the past half century, since…
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Academic freedom: repressive government measures taken against universities in more than 60 countries
Universities around the world are increasingly under threat from governments restricting their ability to teach and research freely. Higher education institutions are being targeted because they…