Analysis
Reading Lemkin in The Time of Genocide by Myanmar, Russia & Israel
The world is living through a series of deeply destabilizing genocidal wars. Having returned from The Hague, where I joined the “End Israel’s genocide in Gaza”…
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The Land of Wars, Surprises and Earthquakes
The developments in the Middle East are not simple. Operation Al-Aqsa Flood unleashed an earthquake and, the very next day, it sparked a limited war launched…
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US, EU Sanctions aren’t Working in Myanmar
When Myanmar’s military seized back control of the country in February 2021 after a decade-long democratic interlude, the international community reached for a familiar tool: economic…
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The Uses and Abuses of Bangladesh’s Law-Enforcement and Prison Systems
Punishment often begins even before arrest in Bangladesh thanks to sweeping legislation, unchecked surveillance and police impunity – with marginalised communities and the political opposition as…
Analysis
By Almost Every Measure, Myanmar Junta Ranks Among World’s Worst Regimes
Since the Feb. 1, 2021 military coup in Myanmar, at least 4,474 civilians have been killed, more than 25,000 people have been arrested and over 78,000…
Analysis
Ukrainian Error or A Deadly Russian Trap? The Belgorod Crash is Yet Another Front in Putin’s War on Truth
On 24 January, an IL-76 Russian strategic airlifter crashed 44 miles from the Russian city of Belgorod, close to the Ukrainian border. Many questions surround the…
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Poll Manifestos
ELECTIONS can rejuvenate nations if they are fair, parties present strong ideas and teams to the masses competitively and the winners have a strong mandate to…
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Pakistan Must Ensure Free and Fair Elections to Avert A Meltdown
With rumours rife that the results of Pakistan’s general elections have already been decided, the country’s multiple crises look set to intensify. Pakistan faces formidable economic…
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Maldives Walks A Diplomatic Tightrope with India
On 4 January, three officials from Maldives’ Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Information and Arts criticised India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to India’s smallest union territory,…
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The Fog of War Crimes
The seminal tribunals for prosecuting atrocities committed by the Axis powers during World War II were both born in and riven by Cold War politics and…
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Why Trump’s Control of the Republican Party is Bad for Democracy
As former President Donald Trump edges closer to clinching the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, our political science research has shown that a second Trump presidency…
