Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s new book Abundance has gotten a good deal of well-deserved attention, and I would like to say up front that I am one hundred percent onboard with their argument
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The Chinese Central Conference on Work Relating to Foreign Affairs was held in Beijing from Wednesday to Thursday. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China,
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Eighty years ago, on 11 April 1945, units of General George S. Patton’s 4th Armoured Division of the US armed forces drove toward the city of Weimar, Germany, where the Buchenwald concentration camp
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The portends for Bangladesh in 2025 are grim, while dangers of State failure appear unlikely for now, but the failing nature of the Interim Administration in multiple areas- relations with India, law
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On 8th April 2025, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India severely criticised the Tamil Nadu Governor for not giving assent to ten bills for several months after they were
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In Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza Peter Beinart engages in a rigorous and unsparing interrogation of the foundational pillars upon which contemporary Jewish identity and statehood rest, following the 2023 hostilities between
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Sudan has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of playing a pivotal role in what it describes as a “genocide” in Darfur, presenting evidence of the UAE’s involvement in fueling the ongoing
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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has subscribed to a $750 million bond issue by India’s Adani Group, a private placement deal that marks a potential recovery for the conglomerate despite ongoing
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The ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) today issued a joint statement expressing deep concern over the recent imposition of unilateral tariffs by the United States, warning that the move could undermine global trade,
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China’s surging trade dominance, underpinned by a record-breaking $1 trillion trade surplus, has intensified global economic tensions and played a pivotal role in reigniting former U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war, Financial
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US President Donald Trump stunned global investors on Wednesday with an unexpected move—a 90-day pause on additional tariffs for countries that were willing to negotiate with the US. The announcement sent shockwaves
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Globalization helped make the United States the most prosperous nation in history. But many Americans feel they haven’t benefited from free trade and voted for Donald Trump to “liberate” them from the
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In 1964, during the second summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cairo, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirimavo Bandaranaike proposed that the Indian Ocean be turned into a ‘zone of
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The United States still holds a commanding position in global affairs. Its influence – political, military, economic, and cultural – remains immense, the result of a historical head start built over decades.
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