Lessons from four elections: More challenges to democracy ahead
The writer is referring to the Indian election, the European Parliament election, the UK election, and the election in France.
Ensure equity for girls in education
Activists and researchers call for increased investments in girls' education. Bangladesh has been no exception to this—it has achieved some milestones, mostly in terms of…
Is the West in decline?
This narrative, particularly in the context of the ongoing turmoil in Europe, is due to the Ukraine war and the rise of far-right movements. There is no simple answer, the writer…
Trash balloons and psychological warfare
More than three decades later, those crude and seemingly primitive propaganda tactics are back in style as the new Cold War unfolds, the writer says.
Will crash trigger a crisis in Iran?
In the short term, the country will likely enter a period of national mourning, halting all formal activities, including diplomatic engagements, according to one of the writers.
Vietnam’s foreign policy a model for Asean
Vietnam has developed a foreign policy of “four no’s,” which it has evidently honed and perfected during the Vietnamese war of resistance to US military intervention from…
2024 Elections: What’s at stake for India’s minorities?
The writer said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi succeeds in winning a third five-year term in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, many fear that…
Leading from the Middle
The writer says that at a time of geopolitical turbulence, middle-power leadership—particularly middle-power leadership from the Middle East—will determine whether the world…
Spectre of a wider conflict still looms in the Middle East
The writer says if the major powers don’t want the ongoing crisis to snowball into a regional conflict, they have to prevail on Israel to end its war in Gaza.
Business and government must seize innovation edge
Even as the global economy continues to change, innovation has made the the APAC region richer, healthier, and better educated.