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The South Asian country is the first to buckle under economic pressures compounded by geopolitics, but it won’t be the last. To quote a professor in Australia (of Bangladesh origin),
Continue readingSri Lanka is the First Domino to Fall in the Face of a Global Debt Crisis
Sri Lanka’s ruling family in fight for survival as crisis worsens: His beloved villa has been daubed in graffiti by protesters, and a museum dedicated to his father ransacked. Now
Continue readingRam Manikkalingam on the situation in Sri Lanka
From FOREIGN POLICY MORNING BRIEF: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks today on a three-country tour of Europe, beginning with Germany, as the West continues its charm offensive amid India’s
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IRSHAD SALIM – Charlie and Snoopy discuss Imran Khan’s ouster ‘melancholy’ among his supporters, loyalists, and the overwhelming number of Pakistani youth (I call them the sunshine generation) who look
By Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury in Dhaka Courier: Pakistan’s impossibly debonair and incredibly urbane cricketing star turned politician, Imran Khan, is a man of a myriad parts. Where English is spoken
Continue readingPakistan’s Historic Court Ruling: ‘Rome Has Spoken, the Case Is Finished!’
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram: Once deemed a basic human needs success story, Sri Lanka (SL) is now in its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Nonetheless,
Continue readingEthno-Populist Policies and Sri Lanka’s Economic Meltdown
IRSHAD SALIM – “Because they could not,” a Pakistani defense expert says. “Militarily, China has outpaced India by decades in key technologies.” According to him, “any insistence on a military
Kristina Campbell in Nature: Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths globally — and although rates of death from most types of cancer are decreasing, liver cancer is
IRSHAD SALIM — A few transgenders I had met at a markaz (marketplace) in Islamabad during February thru March 2022 are happy campers. They’re willing to learn, acquire skills, become
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TARIQ ALI: Over the Pakistani airwaves, sports commentators frequently groan that the national cricket team – which most people follow with religious fervor – is ‘once again in trouble’. The
“Yes, I feel the change has been abetted by USA, but even they must be surprised how easily they did it”, a highly placed source in Islamabad tells DesPardes. He
Continue readingPakistan Victim of U.S. Meddling to Contain China’s Rise
Amartya Sen recently spoke from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the New Statesman’s ideas editor, Gavin Jacobson. Gavin Jacobson in The New Statesman: The history of economics owes many of its
Continue readingAmartya Sen on Identity, Decolonization and How to Change the World